Clinical information of the study participants.

aIDU, intravenous drug use; BT, blood transfusion; others include tattooing, body piercing, sharing personal care items, blood-to-blood contact during sexual activity, intranasal cocaine use, and unknown.
bHCV RNA range (log10 IU/ml) was estimated as the range of all documented RNA titers of the archived specimens until the late time point for each participant.
cAST, ALT and AFP levels were estimated as the mean of all documented enzymatic levels of the year of the early or late time points for each participant.