... Published:2004.6.01 Ke-Qin Hu1, Huiying Yang2, Ying-Chao Lin2, Karen L Lindsay3 and Allan G Redeker3 1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, Irvine, College ... and albumin level, age at entry was independently and positively associated with cirrhosis (p=0.0001), but African American ethnicity was independently and negatively associated with presence ... entry and did not receive IFN treatment during follow-up. With approximately 3 years follow-up, 15.2% maintained normal ALT, 38.2% and 44.6% presented with intermittently and persistently elevated...