Table 2.

Virological characteristics of 316 hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronically infected patients according to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels

Genotype	Normal ALT Group 1 (n=83)	Elevated ALT Group 2 (n=233)*	p Value
1	55 (67%)	104 (58%)	0.21
2	12 (14%)	30 (17%)	0.63
3	12 (14.5%)	36 (20%)	0.27
4	2 (2.5%)	8 (4.5%)	0.51
5	1 (1%)	1 (0.5)%	0.53
6	1 (1%)	0 (0%)	0.32

*HCV genotype was not available for 54/233 (23%) patients in group 2.