Table 3.

Clinical Characteristics of Patient‐Examined CEACAM1 mRNA Levels in Liver Tissues

	HS	CHC	P Value
Number of patients	11	46	—
Sex, male/female	8/3	18/28	NS
Age, years, median (range)	60 (38‐80)	65 (29‐81)	NS
AST, IU/L, median (range)	17 (13‐25)	48.5 (20‐365)	< 0.05
ALT, IU/L, median (range)	15 (11‐22)	48 (10‐313)	< 0.05
HCV‐RNA, log IU/mL, median (range)	Not tested	6.5 (4.1‐7.4)	—

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase HS, healthy subject; NS, not significant.