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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 7 Relation between MELD score, viral load, and IMT among HCV-positive patients

From: Assessment of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque formation among patients with ischemic stroke and hepatitis C virus infection

 

IMT

P value

< 1

> 1

MELD score

 0 to < 9

31

23

0.6

 9–12

17

7

 > 12

13

9

Viral load

 Low

9 (23.1%)

5 (8.2%)

< 0.05*

 High

8 (13.1%)

28 (71.8%)

  1. MELD The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, IMT intima-media thickness
  2. *Statistically significant P < 0.05
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