Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

Patients (n)	189
Age (year) ± SD	58 ± 18
Sex (M/F)	95/94
ALT (U/L) ± SE	142 ± 8
AST (U/L) ± SE	103 ± 7
Genotype 1-4 vs others	115 vs 74	61 vs 39%
Anti-Hp positive antibody	60	31.8%
Gastrin (pg/ml)(median ± SE)	52.0 ± 10.4
TSH (UI/ml)	2.2 ± 0.15
ANA positive (n)	34	18%
AMA positive (n)	-
ASMA positive (n)	57	30%
LKM positive (n)	1	0.5%
APCA positive (n)	3	1.6%
ATM positive (n)	15	7.8%
Liver histology (n)
CAH without cirrhosis (n)	138	73%
CAH with cirrhosis (n)	51	27%