Table 2.

Baseline Medical Characeristics (n = 40)

Characteristic	Mean (SD)
Hemoglobin	14.2 (1.6)
Platelet count	213.0 (77.2)
Albumin	4.0 (0.4)
Alanine transaminase (ALT)	85.2 (59.9)
Aspartate transaminase (AST)	73.2 (48.7)
Bilirubin, total	1.0 (0.2)
AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI)	0.8 (0.5)
HCV RNA (log10 IU/mL)	5.8 (0.7)
HCV Genotype	n (%)
1	28 (70.0)
2	6 (15.0)
3	5 (12.5)
4	1 (2.5)
Fibrosis stage at baseline*	n (%)
0	10 (28.5)
1	12 (34.2)
2	2 (5.7)
3	5 (14.3)
4	6 (17.1)

^*Liver biopsy results available for 35 participants