Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 1 Hematological, chemical profile, and viral load of HCV patients before and after DAA treatment

From: Effect of directly acting anti-viral agents on immunological imprints in chronic HCV-4a patients: interleukin-10 and vascular endothelial growth factor genes expression level

	Before treatment	After treatment	p value
ALT (U/L)
Min–max	13–135	4–35	0.0003*
Mean	46.40	21.08
AST (U/L)
Min–max	8–124	16–35	0.0001*
Mean	43.96	21.96
Albumin (g/dl)
Min–max	2.8–5.2	3.5–4.8	0.3310
Mean	3.98	4.04
Total bilirubin (mg/dl)
Min–max	0.3–3.05	0.3–1.2	0.406
Mean	0.73	0.67
Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)
Min–max	0.1–2.14	0.1–0.6	0.155
Mean	0.35	0.26
Platelets count (× 10³/μl)
Min–max	40–304	55–266	0.481
Mean	178.08	177.28
PT (INR)
Min–max	1–1.9	1–1.2	0.022*
Mean	1.18	1.08
HCV load (×10⁵ IU/L)
Min–max	0.241–130	Undetectable	_
Mean	13.22

*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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