Table 4. Coefficients and risk points of each baseline predictor for anti-HCV seropositives with detectable HCV RNA (N = 677).

Predictors	Beta coefficient	Point	P value
Age at recruitment, 5 years increment	0.31	1	<0.001
Serum ALT Levels (U/L)
≤15	Reference	0
16–45	0.41	1	0.19
>45	1.09	4	0.003
AAR
<1	Reference	0
≥1	0.58	2	0.04
Liver cirrhosis/HCV genotype/HCV RNA levels
Without LC/genotype non 1	Reference	0
Without LC/genotype 1/low RNA levels	0.34	1	0.29
Without LC/genotype 1/high RNA levels	0.75	2	0.01
Liver cirrhosis	1.97	6	<0.001