Table 2.
Parameter | African Cohort | Caucasian Cohort | P Value |
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Males (number, % of cohort)a | 56 (62) | 196 (59) | 0.606 |
Deceased (number, % yes)a | 16 (18) | 43 (13) | 0.246 |
Age at first biopsy (mean, range)b | 51 (34–74) | 47 (20–76) | <0.001 |
Age at biopsy with highest Ishak fibrosis score (mean, range)b | 53 (36–74) | 49 (20–76) | 0.002 |
Ishak fibrosis score, first biopsy (median)c | 3 | 2 | 0.016 |
Ishak fibrosis score, highest achieved over treatment period (median)c | 3 | 2 | 0.040 |
Periportal inflammation, first biopsy (median)c | 3 | 3 | 0.799 |
Lobular inflammation, first biopsy (median)c | 4 | 4 | 0.269 |
Portal inflammation, first biopsy (median)c | 1 | 1 | 0.520 |
Total inflammation, first biopsy (median)c | 8 | 8 | 0.871 |
Pearson's chi square test;
Two‐sample Student t test, two‐tailed, pooled variances;
Mann‐Whitney U test.