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. 2006 Mar;80(5):2280–2290. doi: 10.1128/JVI.80.5.2280-2290.2006

TABLE 2.

Correlation between HCV infection and replication and grade and stage of liver disease in 65 cases

Parameter	Infection^a			Replication^b
	Value (mean ± SD) for:		P value	Value (mean ± SD) for:		P value
	G-positive subjects (n = 56)	G-negative subjects (n = 9)	P value	RI-positive subjects (n = 42)	RI-negative subjects (n = 21)	P value
Grade	2.23 ± 0.74	2.22 ± 0.44	0.96	2.33 ± 0.72	1.95 ± 0.50	0.018
Stage	2.18 ± 0.75	1.88 ± 0.60	0.22	2.27 ± 0.74	1.81 ± 0.51	0.006

^a

Infection is defined as positive detection of HCV genomes.

^b

Replication is defined as positive detection of HCV replicative-intermediate RNA.