Table 1.

Data of the 89 Patients at Stopping Chemotherapy

HBV Group HCV Group HBV-HCV Group
No. of patients  46  11  32  
Male/female 20/26   4/7  18/14  
Median age; yr (range)  6 (1-13)  7 (3-16)  7 (3-14) 
Patients with elevated ALT* 20  7  23  
Median ALT × UNL (range)  2.4 (1.5-6.8)  2.0 (1.5-21) 3.0 (1.8-9.2)  
Transfusion/surgery 26/11  10/1  28/2  
HBV Group HCV Group HBV-HCV Group
No. of patients  46  11  32  
Male/female 20/26   4/7  18/14  
Median age; yr (range)  6 (1-13)  7 (3-16)  7 (3-14) 
Patients with elevated ALT* 20  7  23  
Median ALT × UNL (range)  2.4 (1.5-6.8)  2.0 (1.5-21) 3.0 (1.8-9.2)  
Transfusion/surgery 26/11  10/1  28/2  
*

ALT ≥ 1.5 × upper normal limit.

Number of patients who received transfusion and/or surgery in each group. In 9 patients of HBV group and in 2 of the HBV-HCV group, no evidence of sources of infection was found.

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