Table 2.

Impact of T. gondiiparasitemia in laboratory characteristics of CHC patients

Variables	CHC patients		P value
	Negative T. gondii	Positive T. gondii
AST (U/L)	46.2 ± 18.3	70.4 ± 25.1	0.006
ALT (U/L)	44.7 ± 17.9	72.8 ± 27.8	0.005
Albumin (g/dL)	3.9 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.3	0.011
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.3 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.2	0.016
Platelet count (x109/L)	216.5 ± 39.1	111.5 ± 15.9	0.002
AFP (U/L)	16.2 ± 1.8	28.2 ± 5.4	0.025

Data were expressed as mean ± SD. Significant difference was determined using student t test. P < 0.05 is significant. CHC chronic hepatitis C, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AFP alpha fetoprotein