Table 1: Main demographic and clinical characteristics of population studied. Continuous variables are shown as medians [IQR], while categorical variables are presented as frequencies (%).

Variable	N.=40
Age, years	53 [45-64]
Male gender, N.	20 (50)
Body Mass Index, kg/m2	25.0 [22.6-27.1]
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L	36 [25-62]
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L	49 [32-89]
Platelet Count, ×109/L	196 [146-238]
FIB-4, ≤3.25 / >3.25	30 (75) / 10 (25)
Liver Stiffness, kPa	7.0 (4.6-10.4)
Viral genotype           HCV-1           HCV-2           HCV-3           HCV-4	10 (25) 25 (63.5) 4 (10) 1 (2.5)
Serum HCV RNA, IU/mL (×106)	1.73 [0.45-7.55]
Serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, ng/mL	19.3 [13.8-33.4]
Serum PTH, pg/mL	33.7 [26.3-53.1]