Research Article
Histological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Persistently Normal Alanine Aminotransferase Levels
Table 2
Clinical data/distribution of patients.
| | | PNALT
() | Elevated ALT
() | Total
() | value |
| | Gender M/F | 8/24 | 126/85 | 134/109 | 0.001 | | Race (W/AA/H) | 14/13/5 | 79/87/44 |
93/100/49* | 0.717 | | Alcohol (Y/N) | 6/26 | 77/134 | 83/160 | 0.049 | | Tobacco (Y/N) | 6/26 | 30/181 | 36/207 | 0.501 | | DM (Y/N) | 2/30 | 46/165 | 48/195 | 0.04 | | Mean age at biopsy in years () | 50 (31) | 47 (211) | 242* | 0.153 | | Mean BMI () | 26 (27) | 25 (177) | 204* | 0.5 | | Mean RNA level in IU/mL () | 1883693 (30) | 4439614 (159) | 189* | 0.09 | | Duration of infection in years () | 26 (21) | 25 (152) | 173* | 0.768 | | Fibrosis (F0-1/F2-4) | 10/22 | 84/127 | 94/149 | 0.354 | | Fibrosis (F0-2/F3-4) | 24/8 | 192/19 | 216/27 | 0.007 |
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Data not available for all patients.
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