Table 2.

Demographic features and progression of fibrosis

	Fibrosis score			Rate of fibrosis
	n	Fibrosis score*	p Value	n	Fibrosis score	p Value
Sex
Male	940	2.88 (1.74)		511	0.40 (0.73)
Female	666	2.49 (1.62)	<0.00001†	387	0.29 (0.58)	<0.00001‡
Alcohol (per week)
Nil	799	2.69 (1.60)		429	0.36 (0.69)
<20 units	256	2.63 (1.67)		172	0.42 (0.72)
20–40 units	62	2.65 (1.78)		41	0.38 (0.76)
40+ units	112	3.12 (1.96)	0.02¶	83	0.29 (0.46)	0.829‡
Race
Caucasian	1400	2.71 (1.68)		818	0.36 (0.69)
Non-Caucasian	206	2.74 (1.82)	0.823†	81	0.22 (0.31)	0.07‡
Viral genotype
1	652	2.8 (1.66)		347	0.31 (0.5)
Non-1	330	2.85 (1.56)	0.704†	194	0.47 (0.82)	0.005‡

*Mean (SD).

†Independant sample t test.

‡Mann-Whitney U test.

¶Analysis of variance (linear trend).