Research Article

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 5

The correlations between hormonal levels in reproductive aged and menopausal patients and the fibrosis stage, activity grade, and virological response.

HormonesFibrosis stageActivity gradeTreatmentFibrosis stageActivity gradeTreatment
(RA)(M)

E2 (pg/mL) −0.68−0.43−0.29−0.60−0.210.18
TT (ng/dL) 0.37−0.350.200.690.74−0.66
PRG (ng/mL)−0.04−0.23−0.040.460.62−0.63