Assessment of correlation between serum titers of hepatitis c virus and severity of liver disease

Table 1 Comparison of patients with low and high hepatitis C virus serum titers

Parameter	Low HCV RNA level( < / = 50 genome mEq/L) n = 28	High HCV RNA level( > 50 genome mEq/L) n = 22	P value
Age (yr)	48 ± 8.8	45 ± 6	0.35
Alcohol use (g/d)	221 ± 110	274 ± 170	0.27
ALT (U/mL)	77 ± 56	75 ± 41	0.76
AST (U/L)	79 ± 58	93 ± 100	0.96
Albumin (g %)	3.70 ± 0.76	3.90 ± 0.43	0.44
Bilirubin (mg %)	1.35 ± 1.2	0.88 ± 0.32	0.55

Results are expressed as mean ± SD.