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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2009; 15(13): 1636-1640
Published online Apr 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1636
Published online Apr 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1636
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with, and those without, chronic HCV infection
| Characteristic | HCV positive (n = 40) | HCV negative (n = 808) | P |
| Age, (mean ± SD, yr) | 50 ± 14 | 51 ± 15 | > 0.05 |
| Male | 28/40 | 550/808 | > 0.05 |
| ALT, (mean ± SD, upper limit of normal value) | 136 ± 7.8 | 132 ± 6.9 | > 0.05 |
| Liver histologic activity | |||
| None or mild (G0-G1) | 7/40 | 142/808 | > 0.05 |
| Moderate or severe (G2-G4) | 33/40 | 666/808 | > 0.05 |
| Liver histologic fibrosis | |||
| None or portal fibrosis (S0-S1) | 8/40 | 17/808 | > 0.05 |
| Few or many septa or cirrhosis (S2-S4) | 32/40 | 791/808 | > 0.05 |
| Liver lymphoid infiltrate | |||
| None | 0/40 | 0/808 | > 0.05 |
| Mild | 32/40 | 646/808 | > 0.05 |
| Severe | 8/40 (65) | 162/808 | > 0.05 |
| Liver lymphoid aggregate | |||
| None | 36/40 | 805/808 | |
| Yes | 4/40 | 3/808 | 0.000 |
- Citation: Fan HB, Zhu YF, Chen AS, Zhou MX, Yan FM, Ma XJ, Zhou H. B-cell clonality in the liver of hepatitis C virus-infected patients. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(13): 1636-1640
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i13/1636.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.1636