Prevalence of Sero-Molecular Markers of Hepatitis C and B Viruses among Patients with β-Thalassemia Major in Northern West Bank, Palestine

Table 4

Clinical and laboratory parameters of HCV patients and non-HCV patients.

	HCV cases	Non-HCV cases	value
Hb (g/dl)
Normal	12	116	0.19
Low	2	6
Total	14	122
Age
>12	13	88	0.06
≤12	1	37
Total	14	125
AST (U/L)
High	1	43	0.0056
Normal	13	55
Total	14	98
ALT (U/L)
High	1	26	0.09
Normal	13	72
Total	14	98
ALP (U/ml)
Normal	10	74	0.44
High	3	16
Total	13	90
Anti-HBc
Positive	5	20	0.07
Negative	9	105
Total	14	125
History of jaundice
Yes	8	36	0.034
No	6	89
Total	14	125