Clinical Features of Hepatitis C-Infected Patients With
Persistently Normal Alanine Transaminase Levels in the Southwestern
United States
| table 1.
Demographics of Patients With Persistently Normal and Abnormal
ALT |
|
| No.
of Patients |
Normal ALT
|
Abnormal ALT
|
P
Value |
| N = 75 |
N = 200 |
|
| Average age-mean ± SD |
44Y (44.2 ± 9.2) |
44Y (43.9 ± 10.3) |
NS |
| Race |
|
|
.03 |
| White (%) |
47 |
42 |
| Hispanic (%) |
44 |
54 |
| Others (%) |
9 |
4 |
| Sex |
|
|
NS |
| Male (%) |
60 |
58 |
| Female (%) |
40 |
42 |
| Duration of infection
(mean ± SD) |
21Y (21.2 ± 10.6) |
20Y (20.7 ± 9.7) |
NS |
| Average alcohol consumption (median,
interquartile) |
25.7* (0, 51.7) |
25.7 (0, 51.7) |
NS |
| Alcohol consumption (20-50 g/d) |
21/75 (28%) |
54/200 (27%) |
NS |
| Alcohol consumption (>50 g/d) |
24/75 (32%) |
58/200 (29%) |
NS |
| Risk factors |
| IDU (%) |
46/75 (62) |
128/200 (64) |
NS |
| Blood transfusion (%) |
21/75 (28) |
52/200 (26) |
NS |
| Others (%) |
8/75 (10) |
20/200 (10) |
NS |
|
Abbreviation: NS, not significant.
* g/D.
n = 67.
n = 180. |
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