Large Intestine Histopathology of Pegylated-Interferon-Alpha Plus Ribavirin Treated Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Table 2

Comparison of large intestine histopathology and diarrhea data of CHC patients before and after 24 weeks of treatment.

	CHC patients before treatment n = 15	CHC patients after 24 weeks of treatment n = 15	P value
Inflammation (%)	10/15 (66.7%)	8/15 (53.3%)	.71
Architectural disorder and decrease of mucus production (%)	6/15 (40%)	4/15 (26.7%)	.70
Paneth cells	4/15 (26.7%)	0/15	.10
Lymphoid follicles	1.33±1.54	1.73±1.62	.97
Diarrhea (%)	0/15	3/15 (20%)	.22