Clinical Study
Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of patients group.
| | Variables | Patients |
| | Duration of hepatitis C (yr; means ± SD) | | | HCV RNA (copies/mL; median (25% ~ 75%)) | 3.74 × 106 (2.13 × 105 ~ 2.43 × 107) | | Serum albumin (g/L; means ± SD) | | | AST (IU/L; median (25% ~ 75%)) | 51.6 (28.4 ~ 84.6) | | ALT (IU/L; median (25% ~ 75%)) | 42.4 (26.9 ~ 81.4) | | LDH (IU/L; means ± SD) | | | Serum creatinine (mg/dL; median (25% ~ 75%)) | 0.81 (0.69 ~ 0.93) | | eGFR (mL·min−1·(1.73 m−2)−1; means ± SD) | |
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Abbreviations: AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.
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