Table 2.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of 176 consecutive patients with chronic hepatitis C included in

	#	%	Mean±SD
Age (yr)			53.5±21.2
Sex: Male	96	55
Female	80	45
BMI (kg/m2)			25.9±2.9
<25	90	51
≥25	86	49
Alcohol intake (g/d)
≤30	142	80
31-80	24	14
>80	10	6
HCV genotype
1	92	52
2	60	34
3	19	11
4	5	3
Platelet count			181±128
AST (IU/L)			78.5±101
ALT (IU/L)			125±178
AST/ALT			1.6±1.1
INR			1.05±0.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL)			14.5±2.1
Albumin (g/dL)			4.5±0.6
Bilirubin (mg/dL)			0.9±0.2