BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge
Retrospective Study
©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2015; 21(11): 3291-3299
Published online Mar 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i11.3291
Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients
Number of patients100
SVR/non-SVR63/37
Age (yr)56.3 ± 7.4
Male/female39/61
Genotype (1b/2a/2b)50/17/33
HCV RNA (log IU/mL)5.87 ± 0.95
Aspartate aminotransferase (< 30 IU/L)51.1 ± 35.9
Alanine aminotransferase (< 30 IU/L)61.8 ± 53.0
γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (< 50 IU/L)50.7 ± 58.9
Fe (male, 55-200 μg/dL; female, 45-180 μg/dL)130.3 ± 64.2
Unsaturated iron binding capacity (105-300 μg/dL)215.1 ± 84.2
WBC (4000-9000/μL)4987 ± 1303
Hemoglobin (male, 13-17; female, 11-15 g/dL)13.6 ± 1.5
Platelet (11 × 104-35 × 104/μL)19.6 ± 6.7
Dose reduction of ribavirin (%)47

  • Citation: Kohjima M, Yoshimoto T, Enjoji M, Fukushima N, Fukuizumi K, Nakamura T, Kurokawa M, Fujimori N, Sasaki Y, Shimonaka Y, Murata Y, Koyama S, Kawabe K, Haraguchi K, Sumida Y, Harada N, Kato M, Kotoh K, Nakamuta M. Hepcidin/ferroportin expression levels involve efficacy of pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin in hepatitis C virus-infected liver. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(11): 3291-3299
  • URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i11/3291.htm
  • DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i11.3291

Write to the Help Desk