Hepatitis C, table 4, High Incidence of Allograft Cirrhosis in Hepatitis C

High Incidence of Allograft Cirrhosis in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b Infection Following Transplantation: Relationship With Rejection Episodes

table 4. Histological and Biochemical Data at 1 Year Predictive of HCV-Related Graft Cirrhosis

	Patients With Cirrhosis (n = 9)	Patients Without Cirrhosis (n = 48)	P

Activity	7.6 ± 3.4	4.4 ± 3.1	.008
Periportal necrosis	2.7 ± 1.7	1.3 ± 1.4	.02
Intralobular degeneration	2.2 ± 1.2	1.3 ± 1.1	.02
Portal inflammation	2.7 ± 1.3	1.8 ± 1.3	.09
Fibrosis	0.7 ± 0.5	0.4 ± 0.6	.18
AST (U/L)	114 ± 40	64 ± 44	.002
ALT (U/L)	176 ± 85	95 ± 80	.008

Abbreviation: AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase. Return To Article Table Of Contents