Variables

Chronic hepatitis C infection

Chronic hepatitis B infection

Responders

(N = 72)

Non-Responders

(N = 2)

p-value

Responders

(N = 63)

Non-Responders

(N = 11)

p-value

AST (U/L) (Mean ± SD)

49.50 ± 38.89

48.24 ± 22.26

0.9

60.52 ± 19.15

75.00 ± 12.06

0.02*

ALT (U/L) (Mean ± SD)

53.00 ± 42.43

51.58 ± 25.95

0.9

66.10 ± 22.17

77.00 ± 17.75

0.1

Bilirubin (mg/dl) (Mean ± SD)

1.45 ± 0.78

1.10 ± 0.27

0.6

1.15 ± 0.20

1.38 ± 0.30

0.03*

Albumin (g/dl) (Mean ± SD)

3.75 ± 1.06

4.09 ± 0.63

0.7

4.06 ± 0.47

3.59 ± 0.63

0.005*

Platelets (×10³/ul) (Mean ± SD)

199.50 ± 142.13

214.93 ± 76.79

0.8

221.90 ± 71.24

167.64 ± 74.47

0.02*

INR (Mean ± SD)

1.15 ± 0.21

1.06 ± 0.16

0.5

1.05 ± 0.13

1.23 ± 0.18

<0.001**

Viral load (N%)

1) Mild

2) Moderate

3) High

25 (33.8%)

25 (33.8%)

24 (32.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (100%)

0.1

25 (39.7%)

23 (36.5%)

15 (23.8%)

0 (0%)

2 (18.2%)

9 (81.8%)

0.001*

Liver stiffness (kpa) (Mean ± SD)

7.90 ± 6.93

7.35 ± 3.20

0.8

6.84 ± 2.94

9.16 ± 3.45

0.02*

Osteopontin (Mean ± SD)

110.50 ± 92.63

77.85 ± 47.13

0.3

71.35 ± 39.20

145.09 ± 21.07

<0.001**