Table 1. Clinical Characteristics of Study Patients .
| Parameters | Number (%) of Patients |
| Total number of patients | 52 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 36 (69.2) |
| Female | 16 (30.8) |
| Age | |
| 0‒20 years | 1 (1.9) |
| 21‒40 years | 21 (40.3) |
| 41‒60 years | 18 (34.6) |
| > 60 years | 12 (23) |
| Status of the viral infection | |
| HBV | 1 (1.9) |
| HCV | 13 (25) |
| HIV | 23 (44.2) |
| History of smoking | 33 (63.5) |
| History of alcohol consumption | 8 (15.4) |
| History of drug abuse | 29 (55.8) |
| Co-morbidity | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 8 (25) |
| Renal diseases | 5 (15.6) |
| Pulmonary diseases | 11 (34.3) |
| Rheumatologic diseases | 3 (9.3) |
| Malignancies | 5 (15.6) |
| Type of liver injury | |
| Hepatocellular | 37 (71.2) |
| Cholestatic | 3 (5.8) |
| Mixed hepatocellular- cholestatic | 12 (23.1) |
| Clinical manifestations of hepatotoxicity | |
| Nausea/vomiting | 8 (15.3) |
| Nausea/vomiting + abdominal pain | 14 (26.9) |
| Jaundice | 13 (25) |
| Asymptomatic | 17 (32.6) |
Note. HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.