CD36 genetic variation, fat intake and liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Table 1 Demographical and clinical characteristics of the chronic hepatitis C patients classified by cluster of differentiation 36 genotype

	CD36 genotype
Variable	AA	AG	GG	P-value
No. of patients, n (%)	22 (30.1)	40 (54.8)	11 (15.1)	---
Age (yr)	48.1 ± 11.7	51.4 ± 11.1	53.7 ± 15.3	0.38
Gender (F/M)	(12/10)	(21/19)	(7/4)	0.68
BMI (kg/m2)	26.6 ± 4.1	24.9 ± 4.2	24.4 ± 3.1	0.52
Duration of infection (yr)	26.9 ± 10.1	25.2 ± 8.1	25.4 ± 7.4	0.62
HCV genotype 1, n (%)	15 (68.2)	27 (67.5)	8 (72.7)	0.40
HCV genotype 2, n (%)	5 (22.7)	9 (22.5)	3 (27.3)
HCV genotype 3, n (%)	2 (9.1)	4 (10)	0 (0)

Quantitative values are expressed as mean ± SD. Frequencies are expressed as percentage. CHC: Chronic hepatitis C; F/M: Female/male; BMI: Body mass index; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; CD36: Cluster of differentiation 36.