Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of Subjects Studied via Immunohistochemistry

	HCV Antibody and HCV RNA–Positive (n = 13)	HCV Antibody and HCV RNA–Negative (n = 12)	Healthy Controls (n = 18)	Statistic	P Value
Age (years ± SD)	35.59 ± 11.75	38.83 ± 7.99	48.46 ± 15.70	Kruskal-Wallis test	0.06
Lobular activity (0–4)	2.08 ± 0.29	1.75 ± 0.62	—	Mann–Whitney U test	0.11
Portal activity (0–4)	2.00 ± 0.60	1.83 ± 0.58	—	″	0.49
Fibrosis (0–6)	1.75 ± 0.75	1.92 ± 1.24	—	″	0.69
Interface hepatitis (0–4)	1.50 ± 0.5	0.83 ± 0.72	—	″	0.03
Steatosis (0–3)	1.17 ± 0.94	0.58 ± 0.79	—	″	0.11