Demographic features and progression of fibrosis
| Fibrosis score | Rate of fibrosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Fibrosis score* | p Value | n | Fibrosis score | p Value | |
| *Mean (SD). | ||||||
| †Independant sample t test. | ||||||
| ‡Mann-Whitney U test. | ||||||
| ¶Analysis of variance (linear trend). | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 940 | 2.88 (1.74) | 511 | 0.40 (0.73) | ||
| Female | 666 | 2.49 (1.62) | <0.00001† | 387 | 0.29 (0.58) | <0.00001‡ |
| Alcohol (per week) | ||||||
| Nil | 799 | 2.69 (1.60) | 429 | 0.36 (0.69) | ||
| <20 units | 256 | 2.63 (1.67) | 172 | 0.42 (0.72) | ||
| 20–40 units | 62 | 2.65 (1.78) | 41 | 0.38 (0.76) | ||
| 40+ units | 112 | 3.12 (1.96) | 0.02¶ | 83 | 0.29 (0.46) | 0.829‡ |
| Race | ||||||
| Caucasian | 1400 | 2.71 (1.68) | 818 | 0.36 (0.69) | ||
| Non-Caucasian | 206 | 2.74 (1.82) | 0.823† | 81 | 0.22 (0.31) | 0.07‡ |
| Viral genotype | ||||||
| 1 | 652 | 2.8 (1.66) | 347 | 0.31 (0.5) | ||
| Non-1 | 330 | 2.85 (1.56) | 0.704† | 194 | 0.47 (0.82) | 0.005‡ |