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Copyright ©2007 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2007; 13(15): 2187-2192
Published online Apr 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i15.2187
Table 1 Demographic profile of patients with chronic HCV infection
Patientsn = 284
Gender M/F166/118
mean ± SDRange
Age (yr)42.6 ± 11.321-75
Age of Infection (yr)24.3 ± 11.41-57
Age of liver biopsy (yr)40.1 ± 11.816-70
ALT IU/L121.3 ± 100.916-660
AST IU/L67.6 ± 44.316-300
GGT IU/L53.9 ± 53.810-472
AP IU/L181.35 ± 65.673-637
Viral load (106) copies /mL1.29 ± 1.30.0015-6.3
Viral genotypesn = 205 (%)
I159 (77.6)
II7 (3.4)
III27 (13.2)
IV5 (2.4)
I + another7 (3.4)
Table 2 Genotypic and allelic distribution of the –2518 CCL2 (A/G) and CCR2 polymorphisms in Spanish patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and healthy controls
GenotypesCHCn = 284 (%)F0-F2n = 202 (%)F3-F4n = 82 (%)SRn = 101 (%)NSRn = 98 (%)Healthy controlsn = 193 (%)
-2518 CCL2 AA168 (59.2)123 (60.9)45 (54.0)64 (63.4)55 (56.1)119 (61.6)
-2518 CCL2 AG + GG116 (40.9)79 (39.1)37 (46.0)37 (36.6)43 (43.9)74 (38.4)
190 CCR2 GG205 (72.2)146 (72.3)59 (72.0)72 (71.3)74 (75.5)156 (80.8%)
190 CCR2 AG + AA79 (27.8)56 (27.7)23 (28.0)29 (28.7)24 (24.5)37 (19.1%)
CCR2 rs3138042 AA134 (47.2)93 (46.0)41 (50.0)48 (47.5)46 (46.9)102 (52.9)
CCR2 rs3138042 AG124 (43.7)91 (45.1)33 (40.2)42 (41.6)45 (45.9)72 (37.3)
CCR2 rs3138042 GG26 (9.2)18 (8.9)8 (9.8)11 (10.9)7 (6.9)19 (9.8)
Table 3 Interactions between -2518 CCL2 G and 190 CCR2 A mutations
Chronic hepatitisF0-F2F3-F4SRNSRHealthy controls
n = 284 (%)n = 202 (%)n = 82 (%)n =101 (%)n =98 (%)n = 193 (%)
CCL2GCCR2A31 (10.9)22 (10.9)9 (11.0)10 (9.9)11 (11.2)13 (6.7)
CCL2GCCR2G85 (29.9)57 (28.2)28 (34.1)27 (26.7)32 (32.6)61 (31.6)
CCL2ACCR2A48 (16.9)34 (16.8)14 (17.1)19 (18.8)13 (13.3)24 (12.4)
CCL2ACCR2G120 (42.2)89 (44.1)31 (37.8)45 (44.5)42 (42.8)95 (49.2)