Table 1 Clinical information of HCV-infected individuals and healthy controls.

From: Circulating CXCR3+ Tfh cells positively correlate with neutralizing antibody responses in HCV-infected patients

 

Healthy controls (n = 28)

HCV-infected individuals (n = 38)

P ValueΔ

Age (years)

36.06 (29.25~46.16)

39.30 (35.02~43.71)

0.166

Sex (Male/Female)

28/0

35/3

0.256

ALT (U/L)

26.60 (20.60~37.95)

40.50 (22.30~70.00)

0.133

AST (U/L)

25.00 (21.70~32.20)

33.00 (22.70~42.30)

0.186

HCV RNA (×105 copies/mL)

−

4.19 (0.60~7.70)

 

Anti-HCV IgG

−

+

 

HCV genotype (1a/1b/3(a+b)/6a/N.D)(number)

−

1/2/7/6/14/8

 
  1. ΔMann-Whitney U test was used for age and ALT/AST comparison, and Fisher’s exact test was used for sex distribution between groups. The data are presented as the median and range. N.D, not determined.
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