Table 2 Demographic, laboratory and pathology data for the patient cohort.

From: Quantitative image-based collagen structural features predict the reversibility of hepatitis C virus-induced liver fibrosis post antiviral therapies

Variable

Reversible

(N = 21)

Irreversible

(N = 36)

p value

N (%) or median (range)

Age (years)

29 (21–60)

48 (23–67)

0.0045

Female

8 (38.10%)

20 (55.56%)

 

Male

13 (61.90%)

16 (44.44%)

 

ALT

54 (20–152)

52 (4–228)

0.7442

AST

35 (24–95)

43 (16–143)

0.4125

ALB

45 (37–51)

45 (39–53)

0.6891

TBIL

10 (6–29)

11.5 (6.7–38)

0.5577

INR

1 (0.9–1.22)

1 (0.8–1.56)

0.8354

PLT

213 (109–298)

164.5 (42–299)

0.0254

Fibrosis stage (Ishak)

 0

0 (0%)

2 (5.56%)

 

 1

3 (14.29%)

2 (5.56%)

 

 2

2 (9.52%)

2 (5.56%)

 

 3

3 (14.29%)

8 (22.22%)

 

 4

8 (38.10%)

8 (22.22%)

 

 5

1 (4.76%)

3 (8.33%)

 

 6

4 (19.05%)

11 (30.56%)

 
  1. ALT: alanine transferase; ALB: albumin; AST: aspartate transferase; INR: international normalized ratio; PLT: platelet; TBIL: total bilirubin.