Table 4. Mean ± SD of the Studied Parameters According to METAVIR Activity Scoring System in Chronic Hepatitis C With or Without Cirrhosis Groups.

	A1 (n = 28)	A2 (n = 18)	A3 (n = 14)
Tissue Fas, within 10 successive microscopic fields (× 400)/ section (mean percentage) + ve cells ± S.D	23.57 ± 5.75	27.500 ± 3.54	43.00 ± 4.43 a, b
Tissue FasL, within 10 successive microscopic fields (× 400)/ section (mean percentage) + ve cells ± S.D	17.14 ± 4.23	20.00 ± 7.32	45.40 ± 6.42 a, b
s Fas pg/ml	210.4 ± 23.2	395.8 ± 41.4 a	447.5 ± 51.7 a, b

^aP Statistically significant from A1 group (P < 0. 01).

^bP Statistically significant from A2 group (P < 0.01).