Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Hepatol. Nov 27, 2011; 3(11): 278-284
Published online Nov 27, 2011. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i11.278
Table 2 Comparison of biological, virological and clinical characteristics of hepatitis C virus-related low vs high grade B cell-non Hodgkin’s lymphoma
DLBCL (n = 13)Indolent B-NHL (n = 11)95% CIP value
Age ( yr)157 ± 1264 ± 11-16.8 to 2.80.153
Sex (M/F)10/32/9-0.014
Duration of HCV infection (yr)1 12 ± 522 ± 7-15.1 to -4.9< 0.001
ALT value (UI/L)158 ± 4040 ± 27-11.5 to 47.50.219
Genotype 1/not 110/32/9-0.014
HCVRNA log10 (UI/mL)16.1 ± 0.65.8 ± 0.3-0.11 to 0.710.147
Ishak (grading)18.4 ± 2.19.3 ± 5.0-4.05 to 2.250.560
Ishak (staging)11.5 ± 1.22.75 ± 2.7-2.97 to 0.470.146