Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Items	Values
Age (year), median (range)	46.5 (27–65)
Male, n (%)	72 (52.6)
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	22.7 ± 0.2
ALT (U/L), median (range)	36 (16–277)
AST (U/L), median (range)	43.5 (18–292)
PLT count (×109/L), median (range)	188 (92–379)
AST/PLT, median (range)	0.24 (0.09–1.40)
Hemoglobin (g/dl), median (range)	138.5 (110–178)
IL28B genotype (n)
CC	103
CT	34
Baseline HCV RNA >800,000 (IU/ml), n (%)	138 (86.3)

BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; PLT: Platelet; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.