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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 ± 0.07dagger 0.15 ± 0.11Dagger <.001
*Fibrosis progression rate-mean ± SD 0.5 ± 0.6 0.11 ± 0.10 <.001
* After excluding patients with alcohol consumption >50 g/d.
dagger n = 67.
Dagger n = 180.

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