MicroRNA Expression Profiling in PBMCs: A Potential Diagnostic Biomarker of Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 1

The clinical information of CHC patients in this study.

Parameters
Gender, male/female	60/31 (2 : 1)
Age (years)	55.1 ± 10.6
BMI	24.5 ± 3.4
HCV RNA ()	6.28 ± 0.93
AST	82.7 ± 75.5
ALT	121.3 ± 97.9
GT	88.6 ± 134.1
Cr	0.79 ± 0.19
Cholesterol	163.1 ± 30.1
TG	136.0 ± 147.8
Glucose	123.7 ± 47.4
WBC	5878.8 ± 1580.8
Hb	14.9 ± 1.5
PLT: >15000/<15000	53/38
Genotype-1/non-1	71/20

CHC: chronic hepatitis C; BMI: body mass index; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; Cr: creatinine; TG: triglyceride; PLT: platelet.