Research Article
The Impact of Host Metabolic Factors on Treatment Outcome in Chronic Hepatitis C
Table 1
Demographic, virological, and histological data according to genotype.
| | Genotype 1
| Genotype 2
| Genotype 3
| Genotype 4
| values* |
| Gender (males%) | 87 (53.0) | 12 (52.2) | 66 (58.4) | 24 (53.3) | 0.826 | Age 40 years (%) | 110 (67.5) | 19 (82.6) | 41 (36.9) | 30 (68.2) | <0.001 | IVDU (%) | 40 (24.4) | 3 (13.0) | 59 (52.7) | 6 (13.3) | <0.001 | Alcohol abuse (%) | 15 (9.3) | 2 (8.7) | 17 (15.7) | 6 (14.0) | 0.392 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | 0.144 | Overweight (%) | 15 (32.6) | 7 (70.0) | 18 (32.1) | 8 (40.0) | 0.126 | High viral load (%) | 23 (33.3) | 3 (37.5) | 32 (55.2) | 9 (42.9) | 0.101 | Hepatic steatosis (%) | 46 (28.2) | 8 (34.8) | 37 (32.7) | 16 (35.6) | 0.721 | Severe inflammation (%) | 10 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (4.7) | 0.406 | Advanced fibrosis (%) | 23 (14.1) | 4 (17.4) | 17 (15.3) | 11 (24.4) | 0.411 | Cirrhosis (%) | 7 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) | 8 (7.2) | 5 (11.1) | 0.356 |
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*Comparison between genotypes with (nonparametrical) or one-way ANOVA (parametrical variables).
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