Table 1.
Clinical, laboratory and virological characteristics of 90 patients with chronic hepatitis C.
| Sex [male/female] | 29/61 |
| Age [years] | |
| median (range) | 58.0 (25-88) |
| mean±SD | 56.7±1.6 |
| Serum ALT activity [U/mL] | |
| median (range) | 61 (19-389) |
| mean±SD | 79.1±6.3 |
| normal values: 7–56 U/mL | |
| Fibrosis score determined by FibroScana | F0/1, n=50 |
| F2, n=26 | |
| F3, n=14 | |
| F4, n=0 | |
| Viral load [U/mL] | |
| median (range) | 8.4×105 (6.2×103 -1.1×107) |
| mean±SD | 1.4×106±1.8×105 |
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F0/F1 represents no or minimal fibrosis, F2 moderate fibrosis, F3 severe fibrosis, and F4 represents cirrhosis (49).