Table 2 . Baseline characteristics of study patients.

Parameter	No.
Age [median(Range)]	40 (20-75)
Male/female	180/36 (83.3 male)
HCV subtype [no (%)]
1	112(51.8)
1a	91 (42.1)
1b	10 (4.6)
1a/1b	8 (3.7)
1(?)	3 (1.4)
3	96 (44.5)
3a	95 (44)
3(?)	1 (0.5)
2	3 (1.4)
4	--
Mixed genotype	5 (2.4)
HCV RNA ≥ 800,000 IU/ml [no. (%)]	93 (43.1%)