Female Sex Hormones Pattern and Its Relation to Disease Severity and Treatment in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (Genotype 4) Infection

Table 4

The relation between viral load and hormonal levels in reproductive aged and menopausal patients.

Hormones	HCV RNA (IU/mL) [baseline before treatment]
	(RA)		(M)
	<600,000	≥600,000	<600,000	≥600,000
(%)	10 (45.5%)	12 (54.5%)	10 (36.4%)	12 (63.6%)
E2 (pg/mL)	135.38 ± 58.13	107.18 ± 54.65	106.71 ± 52.69	85.09 ± 41.02
TT (ng/dL)	20.25 ± 1.66	20.73 ± 3.67	29.11 ± 9.99	33.73 ± 15.18
PRG (ng/mL)	1.02 ± 0.64	1.37 ± 0.83	0.55 ± 0.24	0.62 ± 0.38