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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)dagger 20Y (20.7 ± 9.7)Dagger 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.
dagger n = 67. Dagger n = 180.

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