Necroinflammatory lesions at the time of histological recurrence in patients who did (group A) or did not (group B) develop cirrhosis
| Necroinflammatory lesions at RHC-T biopsy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface hepatitis** | Confluent necrosis*** | Focal necrosis* | Portal inflammation** | |||||
| Group A (n (%)) | Group B (n (%)) | Group A (n (%)) | Group B (n (%)) | Group A (n (%)) | Group B (n (%)) | Group A (n (%)) | Group B (n (%)) | |
| Score | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 5 (25) | 2 (22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (15) |
| 1 | 1 (11) | 10 (50) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (40) | 1 (11) | 11 (55) |
| 2 | 1 (11) | 4 (20) | 2 (22) | 0 | 4 (44) | 10 (50) | 1 (11) | 5 (25) |
| 3 | 4 (44) | 1 (5) | 3 (33) | 0 | 3 (33) | 2 (10) | 4 (44) | 0 |
| 4 | 3 (33) | 0 | 2 (22) | 0 | 2 (22) | 0 | 3 (33) | 0 |
| RHC-T, time of first histological diagnosis of recurrent hepatitis C in the absence of rejection (see text). *p<0.01, **p<0.001; ***p<0.0001. | ||||||||