Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis C

Sl no.	Age (years)/ sex	ALT* 6–48 IU/l	AST 7–45 IU/l	HCV RNA (KIU/ml)	Levels of hepatitis	Levels of fibrosis
1	43/Male	30	27	>850	Moderate	Mild
2	48/Male	73	58	>850	Moderate	Moderate
3	49/Female	62	44	190	Moderate	Moderate
4	57/Male	71	68	>850	Mild	Moderate
5	48/Male	62	30	600	Moderate	Severe
6	44/Male	187	101	410	Moderate	Severe
7	69/Female	115	113	810	Moderate	Severe
8	74/Male	117	115	550	Moderate	Moderate
9	45/Male	72	55	>850	Moderate	Moderate
10	61/Male	50	45	>850	Severe	Severe

^*ALT, alanine aminotransferase, AST, aspirate aminotransferase. The levels of hepatitis and fibrosis in the live biopsy specimens of each patient were graded according to the International Criteria, described by Desmet et al. (11).