Table 4.

Serum concentrations of GF in virological responders and non-responders, Student’s t test (mean±SD).

Growth factor	Responders		Non-responders		P
	0 wk	48 wk	0 wk	48 wk	0 wk	48 wk
HGF (pg/mL)	873±210	792±198	919±257	742±260	0.6	0.7
EGF (pg/mL)	16.8±5.8	16.1±6.2	20.4±8.4	15.5±4.9	0.2	0.8
TPO (pg/mL)	48.4±14	68.8±13	64.2±17.1	54.8±12	0.03	0.2
PDGF (pg/mL)	425±111	292±180	340±111	377±98	0.1	0.1