Research Article
A New Metabolism-Related Index Correlates with the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of the 394 hepatitis C virus- (HCV-) positive patients.
| Age (years) | 61 (25–85) | Gender (male/female) | 181/213 | AST (IU/L) | 38 (10–385) | ALT (IU/L) | 37 (7–725) | -GTP (IU/L) | 29 (5–446) | ALP (IU/L) | 217 (97–783) | Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.8 (0.2–2.5) | Albumin (g/dL) | 3.90 ± 0.37 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.6 ± 2.3 | Platelets (×103/L) | 162 ± 72 | Prothrombin time (%) | 89.2 ± 12.2 | Diabetes mellitus (present/absent) | 36/358 | Glucose (mg/dL) | 98.2 ± 10.6 | Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 99.9 ± 46.2 | Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 168 ± 36 | Body mass index | 22.9 ± 3.6 | Histological stage of liver fibrosis (F0-1/F2/F3/F4) | 157/62/103/72 |
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