Retreatment of Patients Nonresponsive to Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin with Daily High-Dose Consensus Interferon

Table 1

Demographics and baseline data.

Patient Characteristic	Results
Ethnicity∶
Caucasian	61.5%
Hispanic	30.8%
African-American	7.7%
Weight (kilograms)
Mean ± SEM	84.0±14.9
Histology^∗
Stage 1-2	3
Stage 3	5
Stage 4	5
Response to prior treatment (𝑛)
Null response	10
Partial response	3
WBC count (k/𝜇L)
Mean ± SEM	0.3±1.5
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
Mean±SEM	14.6±1.4
Platelet count (k/𝜇L)
Mean±SEM	194.9±68.0

∗Fibrosis stage defined as modified Ishak score determined as defined by Theise [10].