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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2006; 12(27): 4420-4424
Published online Jul 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i27.4420
Table 1 Epidemiological, virological and histological baseline data of group-1 and group-2 CHC patients of the study population
Group 1(n = 15)Group 2(n = 15)P-value
Age (yr)26.9 ± 3.827.3 ± 4.10.510
Sex (male/female)8/79/60.713
ΒΜΙ (kgr/m2)22.45 ± 1.822.12 ± 0.90.390
HCV-RNA (-log10 IU/mL)5.32 ± 0.675.24 ± 0.520.765
Grade (0-18)5.6 ± 2.34.2 ± 1.50.089
Stage (0-6)1.3 ± 0.51.5 ± 0.70.276
Genotype (1/non-1)3/122/130.624