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. 2017 Oct 23;1(9):973–982. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1103

Table 2.

CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES OF THE AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN COHORTS

Parameter African Cohort Caucasian Cohort P Value
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
a

Pearson's chi square test;

b

Two‐sample Student t test, two‐tailed, pooled variances;

c

Mann‐Whitney U test.