Research Article
Factors Associated with Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus in Chinese Population
Table 1
Features of HCV clearance and persistence subjects.
| | Characteristic | HCV clearance () | HCV persistence () | value |
| | Age (ys, SD) | 50.6 (9.1) | 50.9 (7.7) | 0.824 | | Female (%) | 41 (44.6) | 84 (26.4) | 0.001 | | Smoking history (%) | 58 (63.0) | 209 (65.7) | 0.635 | | Alcohol consumption | | | | | Past alcohol use (%) | 40 (43.5) | 189 (59.4) | 0.007 | | Current alcohol use (%) | 33 (35.9) | 100 (31.4) | 0.425 | | Age at infection (ys, SD) | 25.0 (7.0) | 23.6 (8.3) | 0.318 | | Age at infection (<20 ys) (%) | 8 (19.0) | 67 (31.6) | 0.103 | | Duration of infection (ys) (SD) | 27.8 (6.6) | 27.6 (7.5) | 0.896 | | Icteric hepatitis history (%) | 17 (18.5) | 23 (7.2) | 0.001 | | HBV coinfection (%) | 19 (20.7) | 12 (3.8) | <0.001 | | rs12979860 | | | | | CC (%) | 86 (95.6) | 270 (86.5) | 0.018 | | CT (%) | 4 (4.4) | 42 (13.5) |
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