Disease Markers

Research Article

Decrease in Chitinase 3-Like Protein 1 Levels Reflects Improvement in Liver Fibrosis after HCV Eradication

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.


	DAAs-treated ()	PR-experienced ()	Untreated ()

Age				0.01
Male/female	23/23	23/11	12/13	NS
HCV-RNA log10 (IU/ml)	6.40 (2.42)	6.24 (1.69)	5.72 (1.23)	0.507
HCV genotype (1b/2a)	33/13	24/10	-/-	NS
LC/non-LC	17/29	8/26	14/11	NS
ALT (IU/l)	26 (46)	42 (47.25)	41 (28.50)	0.176
AST (IU/l)	32 (34)	30 (34.75)	46 (45)	0.307
PLT (10⁹/l)				0.563

HCV: hepatitis C virus; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; PLT: platelet; NS: no significance. DAA-treated vs. PR-experienced vs. untreated.