Table 1. Characteristics of subjects included in the study.

Subject	Age	Race	Gender	ALT/AST	Genotype	Viral Load (IU/ml)
1	59	Caucasian	M	78/61	1a	2,569,032
2	51	African-American	M	65/79	1a	8,476,003
3	52	Caucasian	M	73/55	1a	489,591
4	59	Caucasian	M	30/24	4b	887,509
5	48	Caucasian	M	65/55	1a	4,547,924
6	49	Caucasian	M	103/141	1a	2,298,550
7	63	Caucasian	M	99/69	3a	3,260,000
8	51	Caucasian	M	109/92	1a	3,653
9	35	Caucasian	M	34/43	2b	40,100,000
10	53	Caucasian	M	76/89	1a	1,890,00
11	50	Caucasian	M	163/137	3a	11,641,000
12	35	Caucasian	M	121/109	3a	4,190,619
13	51	Caucasian	M	99/103	1a	4,790,000
14	48	African-American	M	133/112	1a	422,263
15	53	Caucasian	M	73/59	1a	173,294
16	56	Caucasian	M	178/146	3a	1,360,000
17	52	Caucasian	M	109/135	3a	30,900,000
18	26	Caucasian	M	83/57	1a	1, 106,553
19	55	Caucasian	M	65/77	1a	69,300
20	49	African-American	M	112/134	1a	20,000 ,000
21	56	Caucasian	M	89/57	1a	5,206 ,273