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Table 1 Patientā€™s characteristics (cohort i)

From: Serum transferrin as a biomarker of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha activity and hepatocyte function in liver diseases

Sample cohort

M/F

Age*

Fibrosis stage*

Control+

3/1

61.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.6

0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0

ALD

10/4

53.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰10.4

3.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.5

NAFLD/NASH

3/5

58.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.6

3.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.5

HCV

7/3

56.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.5

4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0

Other etiologies#

2/6

52.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰15.8

4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0

  1. ALD alcoholic liver disease, HCV chronic hepatitis C infection, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
  2. #Other etiologies include one patient with chronic hepatitis B and ALD, one with autoimmune hepatitis, one with cryptogenic cirrhosis, and one with biliary cirrhosis
  3. +Control samples were used for western blotting and staining
  4. *Data are expressed as meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD