Table 1.

The characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated by pegylated interferon/ribavirin therapy

Characteristics
Number of patients	n	142
Gender	Male; Female	80; 62
Mean age (range)	Years	56.0 ± 10.0 (19-71)
Body weight	kg	63.3 ± 10.9 (40-98)
Body mass index	kg/m2	25.3 ± 3.0
ALT	U/L	85.3 ± 64.5
HCV RNA titer	KIU/mL	1927 ± 1415
Previous treatment	Naïve/Retreatment	97/45
Histology
Fibrosis	F0/F1/F2/F3/F4	4/30/28/21/5
Activity	A0/A1/A2/A3	0/32/54/2

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; HCV: hepatitis C virus.