Table 2.

 Characteristics of patients according to hepatitis C virus genotypes and steatosis

	Genotype 1		Genotype 3		p Value*
	Steatosis<10% (n = 80)	Steatosis⩾10% (n = 33)	Steatosis<10% (n = 13)	Steatosis⩾10% (n = 15)
Age (y)	41	49‡	44.5	43	0.0008
Sex ratio (M/F)	1.22	1.54	1	2.75	NS
Disease duration (y)†	18	18.5	16	17	NS
Alcohol (g/day)	0	0	0	0	NS
BMI	22.8	25.3‡	22.8	23	0.0003
ALT (IU/l)	46	60	47	72	NS
Insulinaemia (µU/ml)	4.8	9.4‡	5.4	5.2	<0.0001
C peptide (nmol/l)	0.6	0.9‡	0.5	0.6	0.01
HOMA IR	1.1	2.1‡	1.1	1	0.001
Viral load (106Eq/ml)	6.4	3.4	2.6	33.5‡	0.009
Activity score	1	1	1	1	NS
Fibrosis score	1	2‡	1	2‡	0.002
Percentage of steatosis	0	20	1.5	40‡	<0.0001
Hepatic iron (µmol/g)	9.4	12.2	9.2	6.7	NS

Values are medians.

BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HOMA IR, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance.

†In 80 patients with known risk factors.

*Fisher’s exact test or Kruskal-Wallis test; ‡Mann-Whitney test, p<0.05.