Serum IL-33 Levels Are Associated with Liver Damage in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and clinical features of participants.

Parameters	HCV	SR-HCV	Healthy controls
Number	154	24	20
Age (years)	47 (28–65)	52 (31–57)	47 (42–54)
Sex (M/F)	110/44	15/9	14/6
Viraemia (log10 copies/mL)	6.0 (1.3–7.6)	NA	NA
ALT (U/L)	25 (5–420)*	21 (7–87)	14 (5–26)
AST (U/L)	31 (4–226)*	17 (6–57)	12 (8–32)
Anti-HCV	Positive	Positive	Negative

Normal values (NA): ALT ≤ 50 IU/L; AST ≤ 40 IU/L; HCV RNA ≤ 300 copies/mL; *𝑃<0.05 versus SR-HCV or HC. Data were expressed as median and range.