Table 1.

Demographic, biochemical, virological, and histological characteristics before treatement in 14 patients who had a complete and sustained response to antiviral therapy

Characteristic	Value
Age* (y)	50.9 (32–66)
Sex (M/F)	10/4
Source of infection (%)
Blood transfusion	72
Intravenous drug use	24
Unknown	4
ALT (IU/l)*	129 (89–234)
Serum HCV RNA level (Meq/ml)*	2.9 (0.9–2.7)
Genotype
1b	12/14
Mean total histology score*	8.3 (5–12)

*Values are mean (range).

HCV, hepatitis C virus; ALT, alanine aminotransferase.