Clinical Features of Hepatitis C-Infected Patients With
Persistently Normal Alanine Transaminase Levels in the Southwestern
United States
| table 4.
Histological Grading and Staging in Both Groups |
|
|
Normal
ALT |
Abnormal
ALT |
P
Value |
|
| Mean grading score |
4.15 ± 2.1 |
6.6 ± 2.9 |
.003 |
| Grading score >8 |
2/75 (3%) |
40/200 (20%) |
<.001 |
| Mean grading score-non-Hispanic whites |
4.2 ± 2.15 |
6.1 ± 2.9 |
<.001 |
| Mean grading score-Hispanics |
4.12 ± 2.05 |
7.2 ± 2.8 |
<.001 |
| Fibrosis progression
rate-mean ± SD |
0.08 ± 0.07 |
0.15 ± 0.11 |
<.001 |
| *Fibrosis
progression rate-mean ± SD |
0.5 ± 0.6 |
0.11 ± 0.10 |
<.001 |
|
* After excluding
patients with alcohol consumption >50 g/d.
n = 67.
n = 180. |
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