Extent of liver inflammation in predicting response to interferon α & Ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients: a cohort study

Table 2 Demographic characteristics and pre-treatment blood CP of patients with high and low grades of inflammation

Study variable	High grades of inflammation		Low grades of inflammation		P- Value
	n₁	Response to variable	n_o	Response to variable
Demographic Characteristics
Age					0.031^a
< 40 years	53	51.4%	357	62.7%
≥ 40 years	50	48.5%	212	37.2%
Gender					0.94^a
Males	48	46.6%	263	46.2%
Females	55	53.4%	306	53.8%
Pre-treatment Blood CP
Hb in g/dL (mean ± SD)	94	15.0 ± 4 .1	540	13.6 ± 1.9	0.025^b
TLC in cell × 10 ⁹ /L (mean ± SD)	92	7.5 ± 2.4	527	7.5 ± 2.0	0.882^b

^a-Chi-square test,^b-Student’s t-test; n ₁: number of patients in High inflammation group, n _o: number of patients in low inflammation group.

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