Comparison of the baseline independent predictive factors for fibrosis in the four cohorts of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Only factors found by univariate analysis to be significant in at least one of the four groups are reported.*Male as reference; § Not included in multivariate model because not significant in univariate analysis.HCV, hepatitis C virus; BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.