Lack of Association between Polymorphisms of the TLR4 Gene and Infection with the Hepatitis B and C Viruses

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory information about the HBV and HCV infected patients.

Variables	HBV chronic hepatitis	HCV chronic hepatitis
Study subjects ()	39	72
Gender (female/male)	16/33	33/39
Age (years) mean ± SD	49.21 ± 15.10	52.56 ± 10.05
ALT (UI/L) mean ± SD	70.06 ± 90.89	82.77 ± 61.12
AST (UI/L) mean ± SD	58.89 ± 56.87	72.21 ± 51.35
GGT (UI/L) mean ± SD	58.98 ± 101.43	87.49 ± 75.46
PT (%) mean ± SD	78.27 ± 20.76	88.61 ± 16.56

SD: standard deviation.