TABLE 2.

Baseline patient characteristics by race

Feature	Value for:		P
	AA	CA
No.
Total	33	36
Male	24 (73%)	26 (72%)	0.96a
Body wt (kg)
Mean (SD)	91.7 (23.3)	87.6 (17.2)	0.41b
Median (25th, 75th)	84.4 (78.9, 104.3)	91.2 (75.8, 100.2)
HCV RNA level (log10 IU/ml)
Mean (SD)	6.2 (0.7)	6.3 (0.7)
Median (25th, 75th)	6.4 (5.5, 6.8)	6.5 (5.7, 6.7)	0.54c
ALT (mg/dl)
Mean (SD)	79.2 (63.2)	126.6 (104.9)
Median (25th, 75th)	63.0 (47.0, 83.0)	91.5 (56.0, 169.0)	0.01c
Liver histology
Ishak necroinflammatory score (0-18)
Mean (SD)	7.8 (2.3)	7.8 (3.2)
Median (25th, 75th)	7.0 (6.0, 9.0)	7.5 (5.5, 9.0)	0.60c
Ishak fibrosis score (0-6)
Mean (SD)	1.9 (1.3)	2.3 (1.1)
Median (25th, 75th)	2.0 (1.0, 2.0)	2.0 (1.5, 3.0)	0.16c

^aChi-square test.

^bAnalysis of variance.

^cWilcoxon rank sum test.