Table 3.
Response to treatment of patients with autoimmune hepatitis according to age of diagnosis, n (%)
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Younger than 60 years (n = 57)
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Older than 60 years (n = 40)
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P value
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| Aminotransferases | |||
| Normalization at 6 months | 26 (46) | 17 (43) | 0.761 |
| Normalization at 12 months | 42 (74) | 29 (70) | 0.690 |
| Time to normalization (months) [median (IQR)] | 6 (4-10) | 6 (4.5-8) | 0.799 |
| Immunoglobulin G | |||
| Normalization at 6 months | 38 (67) | 20 (56) | 0.440 |
| Time to normalization (months) [median (IQR)] | 5 (3-7) | 4.5 (2.5-7) | 0.960 |
IQR: Interquartile range.