Table 1 Clinical and virological characteristics of 25 studied patients infected with genotype 1b

Complete early viral response (cEVR)

12

0

-

Age (years)^*

42.6 ± 17.9

50.1 ± 12.4

NS

Sex (M/F)

6/6

7/6

NS

Alanine aminotransferase levels [U/l]^*

95.9 ± 74.1

109.2 ± 50.1

NS

Liver histology^{*, §}

Grading

1.1 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.4

NS

Staging

1.3 ± 1.3

1.7 ± 0.8

NS

Pretreatment viral load (IU/ml)^{* , **}

1.2 × 10⁶ ± 1.2 × 10⁶

1.5 × 10⁶ ± 1.2× 10⁶

NS