Pathogenic Role of Iron Deposition in Reticuloendothelial Cells during the Development of Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 4

Forty-eight patients who underwent phlebotomy.

Age	57.2 ± 10.6
Gender (male/female)	31/17
Ferritin (ng/mL)	438.3 ± 322.1
ALT (IU/L)	109.8 ± 65.8
Stage (0/1/2/3/4)	0/10/27/9/2
Grade (0/1/2/3)	0/17/26/5
Steatosis (0/1/2/3)	14/18/5/11
Hepatocyte iron score (0/1/2/3/4)	5/18/10/13/2
REC iron score (0/1/2)	12/28/8
Pattern
HC alone	12
Mixed HC/REC	31
REC alone	5

ALT: alanine aminotransferase, HC: hepatocytes, and REC: reticuloendothelial cells.