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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2015; 21(18): 5647-5653
Published online May 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5647
Published online May 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5647
Table 1 Characteristics of the 29 patients included in the analysis
| Characteristics | Value |
| Age (yr) | 53.6 (50.6, 60.9) |
| Male | 20 (68.9) |
| HCV infection duration (yr) | 13.5 (5.6, 17.2) |
| Geographic origin | |
| North Africa | 6 (20.7) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 5 (17.2) |
| West Indies | 1 (3.4) |
| Asia | 1 (3.4) |
| Eastern Europe | 1 (3.4) |
| Northern Europe | 15 (51.7) |
| HCV genotype | |
| 1 | 8 (27.6) |
| 1a | 4 (13.8) |
| 1b | 6 (20.7) |
| 4 | 4 (13.8) |
| 4a | 5 (17.2) |
| 4c | 2 (6.9) |
| Liver biopsy (n = 20) | |
| Activity Metavir score | |
| 0 | 3 (15) |
| 1 | 9 (45) |
| 2 | 7 (35) |
| 3 | 1 (5) |
| Fibrosis Metavir score | |
| 1 | 6 (30) |
| 2 | 7 (35) |
| 3 | 4 (20) |
| 4 | 3 (15) |
| Steatosis | 12 (60) |
| Serum biomarkers (n = 18) | |
| Actitest | 0.51 (0.41, 0.66) |
| Fibrotest | 0.64 (0.47, 0.76) |
| Activity Metavir score | |
| 0 | 1 (5.6) |
| 1 | 3 (16.7) |
| 2 | 8 (44.4) |
| 3 | 6 (33.3) |
| Fibrosis Metavir score | |
| 0 | 3 (16.7) |
| 1 | 2 (11.1) |
| 2 | 4 (22.2) |
| 3 | 3 (16.7) |
| 4 | 6 (33.3) |
| Fibroscan (kPa) (n = 20) | 7.3 (6.2, 12.4) |
| > 10 kPa | 8 (40) |
| Hypertension | 7 (24.1) |
| Dyslipidemia | 2 (6.9) |
| Alcohol consumption | |
| No | 25 (86.2) |
| Rarely | 2 (6.9) |
| Regular | 2 (6.9) |
| Vitamin D serum level (visit 1, ng/mL) | 15 (11, 23) |
| HCV viremia at inclusion (Log) | 6.02 (5.80, 6.29) |
- Citation: Terrier B, Lapidus N, Pol S, Serfaty L, Ratziu V, Asselah T, Thibault V, Souberbielle JC, Carrat F, Cacoub P. Vitamin D in addition to peg-interferon-alpha/ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: ANRS-HC25-VITAVIC study. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(18): 5647-5653
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i18/5647.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5647