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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Gastroenterol. 2013 Nov-Dec;47(10):e91–e95. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318294baa4

TABLE 2.

Patient Demographics and Disease Characteristics of Treated Patients

Academic Centers
Community Centers
(n = 1905) (n = 1165)
Male 1125 (59) 708 (61)
Age [mean (SD)] (y) 47.6 (8.1) 47.4 (7.8)
    > 40 1623 (85) 990 (85)
Weight [mean (SD)] (kg) 83.4 (16.3) 83.5 (16.3)
Race
    White 1348 (71) 841 (72)
    Black 400 (21) 170 (15)
    Hispanic 96 (5) 117 (10)
    Asian 28 (1) 23 (2)
Baseline HCV-RNA
    > 600,000 IU/mL 1561 (82) 957 (82)
Genotype 1 subtype
    1a 1172 (62) 747 (64)
    1b 695 (36) 390 (33)
    1a1b 34 (2) 24 (2)
ALT
    Abnormal (>ULN) 645 (73) 944 (81)
Steatosis*
    Absent 694 (36) 423 (36)
    Present 1107 (58) 699 (60)
Metavir fibrosis score*
    F0/1/2 1603 (84) 992 (85)
    F3/4 198 (10) 130 (11)
*

Data missing for 147 patients (104 in academic-based and 43 in community-based centers).

ALT indicates alanine aminotransferase; HCV, hepatitis C virus; ULN, upper limit of normal.