Table 3 Baseline characteristics of the CHC patients before anti-HCV treatment after propensity score matching.

From: Hepatitis C Virus Clearance with Glucose Improvement and Factors Affecting the Glucose Control in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Parameters

SVR (+)

(N = 99)

SVR (−)

(N = 99)

P - valuea

SVR(+) vs. SVR(−)

Male

46(46.5%)

44(44.4%)

0.775

Age, years

47(41–57)

49(40–56)

0.860

Genotype

   

1

59(59.6%)

67(67.6%)

0.134

2

7(7%)

2(2%)

 

3

12(12.1%)

7(7%)

 

Others and unknown

21(21.2%)

23(23.2%)

 

HCV-RNA, log IU/mL

5.84(4.66–6.66)

6.19(4.64–6.64)

0.456

FPG, mmol/L

5.35(4.99–5.98)

5.33(5.02–5.83)

0.900

Prediabetes

21(21.2%)

27(27.2%)

0.285

Diabetes

10(10.1%)

7(7.1%)

 

TBiL, umol/L

15.1(11.2–21.2)

15.6(10.9–21.4)

0.948

ALT, IU/L

54(29–97)

47(27–84)

0.432

AST, IU/L

42(31–74)

42(30–76)

0.934

ALB, g/L

44.4(41.3–46.8)

43.2(40.80–45.4)

0.045b

ALP, IU/L

83(68–106)

86(71–105)

0.541

GGT, IU/L

36(24–67)

38(20–78)

0.954

Hb, g/L

142(125–153)

131(111–142)

0.001b

PLTs, 109/L

128(96–172)

111(72–157)

0.094

WBCs, 109/L

5.24(4.14–6.9)

4.35(3.46–5.67)

0.001b

APRI

0.91(0.55–1.63)

1.17(0.55–2.21)

0.326

FIB-4

2.33(1.52–4.13)

2.69(1.73–5.33)

0.181

  1. CHC, chronic hepatitis C; HCV, Hepatitis C virus; SVR, sustained virologic response; HCV RNA, hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; TBiL, total bilirubin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALB, albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; GGT, gamma glutamyltranspeptidase; Hb, hemoglobin; PLTs, platelets; WBCs, white blood cells; APRI, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; FIB-4, Fibrosis-4. aThe χ2 test or Fisher’s exact probability test was used to examine the categorical variables such as sex, age, genotype and diabetes status, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used to examine the continuous variables between SVR (+) and SVR (−) group. bValues were statistically significant at P < 0.05.