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Table I.

Baseline characteristics of subjects.

Parameters	CHC	HC	P-values
Subjects (n)	27	20	N/A
Age (years)	54.8±10.4	50.0±5.7	0.06^a
Sex, male/female	11/16	9/11	0.77
ALT	45.9±36.6	26.7±15.4	0.03^a
Genotype (1b), n	27	N/A	N/A
HCV-RNA (log10 IU/ml)	6.9±0.8	N/A	N/A

All data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise specified.

P<0.05; CHC, chronic hepatitis C; HC, healthy control; HCV, hepatitis C virus; ALT, alanine transaminase; N/A, not applicable.