Aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index in hepatitis C virus and Schistosomiasis coinfection

Table 1 Population characteristics and bivariate association with fibrosis

Characteristic	Median (inter-quartile range)	Bivariate analysis1 (P value)
Age	46 (38, 52)	< 0.0001
APRI score	0.63 (0.40, 1.11)	< 0.0001
Anti-schistosoma antibody	128 (0, 512)	0.53
HCV RNA titer (Log10)	5.60 (4.98, 6.17)	0.38
AST	42 (31, 63)	< 0.0001
Platelet (× 103)	192 (147, 232)	< 0.0001
Fibrosis, n (%)		NA
No	26 (7.1)	-
Stage I	112 (30.4)	-
Stage II	138 (37.5)	-
Stage III	75 (20.4)	-
Stage IV	17 (4.6)	-
Grade, n (%)		< 0.00012
0	2 (0.54)	-
I	101 (27.4)	-
II	185 (50.1)	-
III	74 (20.1)	-
IV	7 (1.90)	-

¹Kruskal-Wallis test;

²Fisher exact test. P < 0.05 is considered significant. NA: Not applicable.