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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2005; 11(19): 2949-2952
Published online May 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i19.2949
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis C (mean±SD).
Woman/man (n)14/16
Age (yr)38.0±13.6
Duration of HCV infection (yr)2.4±1.7
Before treatmentAfter treatment
ALT/AST (U/L)80±61/78±4653±56/65±41
ALP/GGT (U/L)89±22/62±4179±21/55±26
Albumin/gamma globulin (g/dL)3.7±0.4/1.2±0.33.9±0.9/1.3±0.5
HCV-RNA positive (n)3020
Inflammatory activity (grading), score1
Periportal: 1/2/3/4 (n)6/8/16/010/4/16/0
Intralobular: 1/2/3/4 (n)18/12/0/016/14/0/0
Fibrosis (staging), score:1/2/3/4 (n)20/8/2/016/12/2/0