Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of OBI patients at week 0.

Items	Group A (n=44)	Group B (n=39)
Mean age (± SD)	49.55 ± 9.43	46.54 ± 10.42
Male n° (%)	22 (50.00)	20 (51.28)
History of drinking n° (%)	17 (38.64)	16 (41.03)
History of smoking n° (%)	14 (31.82)	14 (35.90)
Family history of hepatitis B n° (%)	20 (45.45)	18 (46.15)
Liver disease related symptoms n° (%)	7 (15.91)	6 (15.38)

n°, number of cases.