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Baseline demographic characteristics of the patients
| Number of patients | 50 |
| Males | 42 |
| females | 8 |
| Age (mean) | 37 |
| Past history of alchol abuse (%) | 28 (56) |
| Estimated duration of HCV infection(months) [mean ± SD] | 29,2 ± 13,1 |
| Antiretroviral Therapy (%) | 45 (91) |
| HCV genotypes | |
| 1b | 16 |
| 2–3 | 25 |
| 4 | 9 |
| Mean CD4 cells/mmc count (range) | 515 (179–1135) |
| HIV-RNA | <50 copie/ml in all patients |
| HCV-RNA (mean) | 28,3 × 106 copies/ml |
| Knodell score | 7 ± 3 |
| Cirrhosis (%) | 7 (14) |
