Table 1.

Patient's characteristics

Characteristics	Patients (n = 74)
Sex:	31 male/43 female patients
Age:	mean±SD: 50 ± 13 years, median 50 years, range: 18-77 years
BMI:	mean±SD: 25 ± 5 kg/m2, median: 25 kg/m2, range 17-36 kg/m2
AST:	mean±SD: 42 ± 32 IU/L, median 31 IU/L, range: 21 - 207 IU/L
ALT:	mean±SD: 56 ± 67 IU/L, median: 35.5 IU/L, range: 7 - 460 IU/L
GGT:	mean±SD: 66 ± 79 IU/L, median: 39.5 IU/L, range 8 - 459 IU/L
Total bilirubin:	mean±SD: 0.71 ± 0.42 mg/dL, median: 0.6 mg/dL, range: 0.2 - 2.4 mg/dL
Platelet count:	mean±SD: 214 ± 75 × 103/mm3, median 226 × 103/mm3, range: 22-351 × 103/mm3
Histological Fibrosis stage
F0	4 patients
F1	21 patients
F2	18 patients
F3	20 patients
F4	11 patients

SD = standard deviation, pat. = patients; ULN = upper limit of normal. BMI = body mass index. AST = aspartate aminotransaminase. ALT = alanine aminotransaminase. GGT = gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. Normal value ALT and AST: female <35 U/l, male: <50 U/l; GGT female: <39 U/l, male: <66 U/l