Research Article

Impact of Immunogenetic IL28B Polymorphism on Natural Outcome of HCV Infection

Table 2

IL28B rs12979860 variant frequencies in blood donors and patients with HCV infection and different outcomes. Caucasian individuals reported in literature (PubMed), 2009–2013.

Blood donors
(HCV neg.)
Spontaneous clearance of HCVHCV patientsHCV patients total
Chronic HCVMild/moderate fibrosisCirrhosisHepatocellular carcinomaMixed cryoglobulinemia S.
Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)

IL28B genotype
 CC631 (46.2)273 (68.8)1004 (39.6)212 (31.9)126 (31.6)6 (17.1)99 (39.6)1447 (37.3)
 CT599 (43.8)102 (25.7)1225 (48.3)373 (56.2)204 (51.1)21 (60.0)113 (45.2)1936 (49.9)
 TT136 (10.0)22 (5.5)305 (12.0)79 (11.9)69 (17.3)8 (22.8)38 (15.2)499 (12.8)
 Total1366 (100.0)397 (100.0)2534 (100.0)664 (100.0)399 (100.0)35 (100.0)250 (100.0)3882 (100.0)
( value)aRef.118.8 (<0.001)135.9 (<0.001)112.4 (<0.001)40.5 (<0.001)55.7 (<0.001)148.9 (<0.001)

IL28B dominant model
 CC631 (46.2)273 (68.8)1004 (39.6)212 (31.9)126 (31.6)6 (17.1)99 (39.6)1447 (37.3)
 CT + TT735 (53.8)124 (31.2)1530 (60.4)452 (68.1)273 (68.4)29 (82.9)151 (60.1)2435 (62.7)
 Total1366 (100.0)397 (100.0)2534 (100.0)664 (100.0)399 (100.0)35 (100.0)250 (100.0)3882 (100.0)
( value)aRef.118.6 (<0.001)135.9 (<0.001)110.1 (<0.001)37.5 (<0.001)53.4 (<0.001)148.6 (<0.001)

IL28B allele
 C1861 (68.1)648 (81.6)3233 (63.8)797 (60.0)456 (57.1)33 (47.1)311 (62.2)4830 (62.2)
 T871 (31.9)146 (18.4)1835 (36.2)531 (40.0)342 (42.9)37 (52.9)189 (37.8)2934 (37.8)
 Total2732 (100.0)794 (100.0)5068 (100.0)1328 (100.0)798 (100.0)70 (100.0)500 (100.0)7764 (100.0)
( value)aRef.97.4 (<0.001)106.7 (<0.001)112.1 (<0.001)45.8 (<0.001)60.3 (<0.001)117.7 (<0.001)

Pearson’s chi-square with spontaneous clearance of HCV as reference group.