Association of Interferon-Alpha and Ribavirin-Induced Thyroid Dysfunction with Severity of Disease and Response to Treatment in Pakistani Asian Patients of Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 2

Thyroid dysfunction and response to therapy.

Thyroid Function	PCR at end of treatment (no. of patients)		Total (𝑛=107)
	Negative	Positive
Euthyroid	75 (70.09%)	12 (11.21%)	87
Hyperthyroid	07 (6.54%)	01 (0.93%)	08
Hypothyroid	07 (6.54%)	02 (1.86%)	09
Biphasic thyroiditis	03 (2.8%)	0 (0%)	03
Total	92 (83.98%)	15 (16.02%)	107

P value <0.79 on chi-square test.