Clinical Features of Hepatitis C-Infected PatientsWith Persistently Normal Alanine Transaminase Levels in theSouthwestern United States

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.