Research Article
Growth Abnormalities in Children with Chronic Hepatitis B or C
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of children infected with hepatitis B or C.
| Age (years.) | | Median | 6.1 | Range | 0–17 |
| Height (cm) | | Median | 118.2 | Range | 50–187.3 |
| Weight (kg) | | Median | 21 | Range | 3.1–78.4 |
| Sex () | | Male | 81 | Female | 54 |
| AST () | | Elevated > | 41 | < | 94 |
| Route of Infection | | Vertical | 68 | Parenteral | 15 | Unknown | 52 |
| Race | | Caucasien | 108 | Black | 2 | Asien | 19 | Other | 6 | chronic Hepatitis B | |
| HBV-DNA () | | Low* | 16 | High | 60 | Not determined | 2 |
| Treatment HBV () | | Interferon | 7 | Lamivudine | 14 | Interferon, Lamivudine | 6 | None | 51 | chronic Hepatitis C | |
| Treatment HCV () | | Interferon + Ribavirin | 35 | None | 22 |
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*HBV DNA < 100.000 IU/mL.
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