TABLE 1.

Summary of patient information

Parameter	Category	Value
Age	Mean (SD)	46.2 (10.8)
	Range	10–81
Sex [no. (%)]	Males	478 (54.4)
	Females	400 (45.6)
Race [no. (%)]	Caucasian	630 (71.8)
	Black	117 (13.3)
	Hispanic	93 (10.6)
	Asian	18 (2.0)
	Native-American	2 (0.2)
	Unknown	8 (0.9)
	Other	10 (1.1)
ALT level	Mean (SD)	95.3 (79.8)
	Range	7–668
Reason for visit [no. (%)]	Prior HCV diagnosis	346 (39.4)
	HCV evaluation	302 (34.4)
	Liver disease evaluation	237 (27.0)
Prior HCV therapy [no. (%)]	Yes	160 (18.2)
	No	718 (81.8)
Clinical diagnosis [no. (%)]	Chronic HCV infection	636 (72.4)
	Autoimmune hepatitis	20 (2.3)
	Alcoholic liver disease	49 (5.6)
	Chronic HBV infection	37 (4.2)
	Primary biliary cirrhosis	45 (5.1)
	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	18 (2.0)
	Chronic renal failure	3 (0.3)
	Other	106 (12.1)
Liver biopsy performed [no. (%)]	Yes	515 (58.6)
	No	363 (41.4)