Table 1.
Patients clinical profile.
| Factors | CHC patients group (N = 25) |
Healthy control group (N = 25) |
|---|---|---|
| Sex (male/female) | 19/6 | 16/9 |
| Age (years) | 38.08 ± 10.81 | 32.53 ± 9.63 |
| Anti-HCV antibody (+/−) | 25/0 | 0/25 |
| HCV genotype-3 (+/−) | 25/0 | 0/25 |
| HCV viral load (IU/mL) | 6.18 ± 13.59 (106) | |
| ALT (IU/L)1 | 86.56 ± 46.90 | |
| AST (IU/L)1 | 82.48 ± 48.76 | |
| Serum bilirubin (mg%)2 | 0.79 ± 0.69 | |
| ALP (IU)3 | 227.48 ± 118.20 | |
| Albumin (gm%)4 | 4.21 ± 1.02 | |
| Globulin (gm%)5 | 3.55 ± 0.57 |
[Reference values: 1(2–40 IU/L), 2(0.2–0.8 mg%), 3(98–306 IU), 4(3.5–5 gm%), and 5(2.0–3.0 gm%)].