Phlebotomy improves histology in chronic hepatitis C males with mild iron overload

Table 3 Individual values of serum aminotransferase, daily alcohol intake, hepatic iron concentration, histological staging and grading scores before (columns a) and at the end of long-term phlebotomy (columns b) in patients with or without evidence of histological improvement

No.	Age (yr)	Gender	Alcohol		BMI		AST		ALT		HIC		Staging		Grading		HI
			a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b
1	53	M	30	20	21.9	21.6	81	57	138	76	7.9	5.1	3	1	4	3	Yes
2	56	M	0	0	20.8	20.4	74	57	114	54	22.4	2.8	3	1	7	2	Yes
3	50	M	40	20	25.5	25.9	183	50	158	36	19.8	4.9	4	4	8	3	Yes
4	59	M	0	0	22.9	23.2	275	194	121	76	24.9	12.1	4	4	5	7	No
5	68	M	0	0	24.0	24.3	104	50	116	78	21.7	5.2	1	1	4	4	No
6	58	F	0	0	21.9	21.6	72	67	117	77	29.3	8.6	3	3	5	5	No
7	67	F	0	0	22.7	22.7	109	88	148	93	17.3	8.8	1	3	3	4	No
8	65	F	0	0	19.6	20.2	155	215	220	195	23.3	7.3	3	4	6	7	No
9	53	M	0	0	22.8	22.4	139	113	159	100	7.5	3.7	4	4	4	6	No
10	51	M	30	30	23.9	23.9	50	32	92	53	40.5	24.8	1	1	4	2	Yes
11	64	F	10	10	38.4	37.7	129	144	147	138	32.5	12.7	4	4	5	7	No
12	52	M	30	10	25.3	24.9	64	54	138	74	30.4	22.8	3	1	4	2	Yes
13	54	M	20	20	24.2	24.2	52	42	94	62	15.8	9.2	1	1	2	3	No
14	65	M	0	0	30.5	30.8	47	34	73	53	22.8	11.8	4	4	6	4	No
15	73	M	10	10	20.9	20.9	140	94	221	120	30.1	3.1	3	1	6	4	Yes
16	42	M	50	30	24.2	23.5	96	22	64	19	28.5	13.1	3	3	9	2	Yes
17	56	M	0	0	23.3	23.6	95	42	103	57	23.3	3.6	3	1	9	9	Yes
18	55	M	0	0	24.5	23.5	103	36	113	40	28.7	3.6	1	1	5	3	Yes
19	43	M	30	10	29.4	28.1	256	61	318	110	21.5	5.4	1	1	9	3	Yes
20	57	M	20	0	27.7	27.7	124	50	135	90	14.3	3.6	1	3	5	7	No
21	50	F	0	0	20.7	21.1	46	37	52	49	25.1	5.4	1	3	5	5	No
22	59	M	60	20	26.9	28.1	96	20	114	22	32.2	1.8	1	1	7	5	Yes
23	62	M	20	0	24.6	24.6	90	30	142	32	19.7	5.4	1	1	3	7	No
24	67	M	50	10	24.8	24.8	52	48	59	54	16.1	5.4	1	3	5	9	No
25	66	M	10	10	23.7	23.3	94	51	128	70	23.3	12.5	3	3	9	7	Yes
26	54	F	0	0	19.3	21.2	64	21	83	23	16.1	3.6	1	1	5	7	No
27	64	F	0	0	29.7	29.7	68	25	85	29	28.7	7.2	1	3	5	7	No
28	51	M	10	10	22.7	22.7	160	50	201	76	17.9	10.7	1	3	4	3	No

Alcohol: Alcohol intake (g/d); BMI: Body mass index; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L); ALT: Alanine aminotransferase (U/L); HIC: Hepatic iron concentration (μmol/g dry tissue); Staging: Knodell’s score; Grading: Knodell’s score; HI: Histological improvement defined by at least one point reduction in the histological staging score or, in case of unchanged stage, as at least two points reduction in the histological grading score.