Addicts with chronic hepatitis C: Difficult to reach, manage or treat?

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2013; 19(44): 8011-8019
Published online Nov 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.8011

Table 4 Main baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics of treated illicit drug users

Characteristics	n = 39
BMI (kg/m²), M (range)	24.3 (17.6-34.6)
Duration of HCV infection (yr), M (range)	5 (1-21)
Duration under 1 yr	14 (36)
Duration of IDU status (yr), M (range)	12 (1-32)
Active IDU	14 (36)
History of depression	11 (28)
Pathologic Hamilton score
Anxiety	10 (26)
Depression	8 (21)
AUDIT-C at-risk score	7 (18)
Leucocytes (n/mm³), M (range)	6960 (3960-11960)
Haemoglobin (g/dL), M (range)	15.5 (11.8-17.7)
Platelets	224 (106-421)
ALT index (value/u.l.n.), M (range)	2.5 (0.5-16.4)
AST index (value/u.l.n.), M (range)	2.0 (06-6.6)
GGT index (value/u.l.n.), M (range)	1.2 (0.3-13.9)

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; IDU: Illicit drug user; M: Male; BMI: Body mass index; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma glutamyltransferase.

Citation: Zanini B, Benini F, Pigozzi MG, Furba P, Giacò E, Cinquegrana A, Fasoli M, Lanzini A. Addicts with chronic hepatitis C: Difficult to reach, manage or treat? World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(44): 8011-8019
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i44/8011.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.8011