Thyroid dysfunction in Chinese hepatitis C patients: Prevalence and correlation with TPOAb and CXCL10

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the enrolled population at baseline

	n = 139
Gender (%, male/female)	50.4/49.6
Age (yr)1	46.8 ± 14.0
HCV RNA (log10, IU/mL)2	6.3 (3.0, 7.74)
ALT (IU/L)2	60.0 (10, 527)
AST (IU/L)2	46.0 (16.0, 264)
TBIL (μmol/L)2	16.1 (5.0, 150)
DBIL (μmol/L)2	4.51 (0.48, 108)
ALB (g/L)1	42.57 ± 4.16
Positive antibodies (%, TPOAb/TGAb)	15.8%/8.6%

¹mean ± SD;

²median (minimum, maximum). TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; TP: Total protein; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin; TPOAb: Thyroid peroxidase antibody; TGAb: Thyroglobulin antibody.