Table 1.
Severity of liver disease [n] |
Age [yr] |
HCV genotype [gen1:gen4] |
Baseline HCV [log10 IU/ml] |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (sd) | Chronic hepatitis [12] | 49 (14.74) | 10:2 | 6.39 (0.54) |
Mean (sd) | Compensated cirrhosis [8] | 57.0 (7.0) | 8:0 | 6.3 (0.44) |
Mean (sd) | Decompensated cirrhosis [5] | 64.0 (6.0) | 5:0 | 4.72 (0.64) |
p-value* | 0.53 | 0.006 |
, p-value to reject the null hypothesis that the distribution between the three groups is the same (Kruskal-Wallis test). Individual characteristics and kinetics are shown in Table*p-value for the difference among the three patient groups (Kruskal-Wallis test).