Table 1: Patients’ characteristics.

Patients’ Characteristics		n (%)
Genotype	1b	157 (87.7)
	1 (subtype not known)	8 (4.5)
	2	2 (1.2)
	3	9 (5.0)
	1b/4	3 (1.7)
Fibrosis Stage (Metavir)	0	6 (3.4)
	1	20 (11.2)
	2	5 (2.8)
	3	74 (41.3)
	4	74 (41.3)