Table 2 Properties and Baseline Clinical Characteristics of Iranian Patients based on HHpgV-1 positivity.

From: First detection of human hepegivirus-1 (HHpgV-1) in Iranian patients with hemophilia

Variables

IHP-16

IHP-234

IHP-343

IHP-381

Total population (mean ± SD)

P-value

Sex

Male

Male

Male

Male

0.305

Age (years)

62.0

68.0

71.0

64.0

66.3 ± 4.0

0.001*

ALT (IU/L)

59.0

48.0

47.0

61.0

53.8 ± 7.3

0.542

AST (IU/L)

55.0

50.0

42.0

48.0

48.8 ± 5.4

0.547

ALK (IU/L)

350.0

342.0

384.0

280.0

339.0 ± 43.3

0.118

HCV genotype

HCV-1a

HCV-1a

HCV-1a

HCV-1a

0.002*

HCV viral load (IU/mL)

4.0 × 105

3.5 × 105

5.3 × 105

4.3 × 105

4.3 × 105 ± 0.7 × 105

0.010*

HPgV-1 viral load (log RNA copies/mL)

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.4

5.2 ± 1.3

<0.001*

TTV positivity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

0.001*

HHpgV-1 viral load (log RNA copies/mL)

4.9

4.8

4.6

5.4

4.9 ± 0.3

<0.001*

Severity of fibrosis

F0

F0

F1

F0

0.001*

  1. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALK, alkaline phosphatase; HPgV-1, Human pegivirus-1; HHpgV-1, Human hepegivirus-1; TTV, Torque teno virus; SD, standard deviation; *Statistically significant.