Translational Research of Telecare for the Treatment of Hepatitis C

Table 1

Patient demographics in the two groups.

Number of patients	150	148
Mean age (yr)	51.5	46.5
Genotype
1	87 (58)	90 (60.8)
2	35 (23.3)	31 (20.9)
3	20 (13.3)	21 (14.2)
4	8 (5.4)	6 (4.1)
Mean pre-Tx AST (U/liter)	172.1	166.3
Mean pre-Tx ALT (U/liter)	360.8	380.9
Mean pre-Tx HCV RNA; (number of copies/mL * 10^−6)	369	381

AST: aspartate aminotransferase.
ALT: alanine aminotransferase.
Tx: treatment.