Table 2. Patients’ demographic data and biological and histological findings obtained by liver biopsy examination.
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Male/Female | 72/19 |
| Age, years | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (range) | 55.4 ± 11.0 (26–75) |
| Median | 58 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (range) | 25.1 ± 5.2 (18.3–65.7) |
| Median | 24.2 |
| AST level, ×ULN | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (range) | 1.4 ± 1.6 (0.4–8.6) |
| Median | 0.8 |
| PLT, 103/mm3 | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (range) | 187.5 ± 67.9 (70–431) |
| Median | 176 |
| APRI | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (range) | 0.8 ± 0.5 (0.1–2.4) |
| Median | 0.6 |
| HCC | 43 |
| HBV infection | 40 |
| HCV infection | 8 |
| Histological fibrosis stage | |
| F0 | 4 |
| F1 | 19 |
| F2 | 23 |
| F3 | 12 |
| F4 | 33 |
Note—Unless otherwise noted, data are numbers of patients. BMI: body mass index, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, PLT: platelet count, APRI: AST/PLT, HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma, HBV: hepatitis B virus, HCV: hepatitis C virus, ULN: upper limit of normal. Normal AST levels for female and male subjects are less than 35 U/L and less than 50 U/L, respectively.