Autoantibody profiles in autoimmune hepatitis and chronic hepatitis C identifies similarities in patients with severe disease

Table 2 Distribution and comparison of autoantibodies between the chronic hepatitis C and the autoimmune hepatitis patient group n (%)

Autoantibodies	CHC	AIH	HC	HCV-AIH
	(n = 50)	(n = 20)	(n = 20)	P value
SMA	4 (8)	0 (0)	0 (0)
LKM-1	11 (22)	9 (45)	0 (0)
ANA	16 (32)	13 (65)	4 (20)
Total	31 (36)	23 (75)	4 (20)	0.00311

¹Indicates significant difference on the 0.01 level. Statistically significant differences were determined using analysis of variance followed by Duncan’s test. CHC: Chronic hepatitis C; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis; HC: Hepatitis virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.