Research Article

Impact of Immunogenetic IL28B Polymorphism on Natural Outcome of HCV Infection

Table 3

IL28B rs12979860 variant frequencies in 178 blood donors and 1097 patients with HCV infection and different outcomes. Italian case series.

Blood donors
(HCV neg.)
Spontaneous clearance of HCV HCV patients HCV patients total
Chronic HCVHepatocellular carcinomaMixed cryoglobulinemia S.Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)Number (%)

IL28B genotype
 CC75 (42.1)37 (78.7)197 (36.7)28 (29.5)144 (40.9)22 (32.9)391 (37.2)
 CT89 (50.0)9 (19.2)271 (50.6)49 (51.6)155 (44.0)37 (55.2)512 (48.8)
 TT14 (7.9)1 (2.1)68 (12.7)18 (18.9)53 (15.1)8 (11.9)147 (14.0)
 Total178 (100.0)47 (100.0)536 (100.0)95 (100.0)352 (100.0)67 (100.0)1050 (100.0)
( value)aRef.31.9 (<0.001)31.4 (<0.001)24.4 (<0.001)23.5 (<0.001)32.8 (<0.001)

IL28B dominant model
 CC75 (42.1)37 (78.7)197 (36.7)28 (29.5)144 (40.9)22 (32.9)391 (37.2)
 CT + TT103 (57.9)10 (21.3)339 (63.3)67 (70.5)208 (59.1)45 (67.1)659 (62.8)
 Total178 (100.0)47 (100.0)536 (100.0)95 (100.0)352 (100.0)67 (100.0)1050 (100.0)
( value)aRef. 31.7 (<0.001)30.7 (<0.001)23.9 (<0.001)23.3 (<0.001)32.5 (<0.001)

IL28B allele
 C239 (67.1)83 (88.3)665 (62.0)105 (55.3)443 (62.9)81 (60.4)1294 (61.2)
 T117 (32.9)11 (11.7)407 (48.0)85 (44.7)261 (37.1)53 (39.6)806 (38.8)
 Total356 (100.0)94 (100.0)1072 (100.0)190 (100.0)704 (100.0)134 (100.0)2100 (100.0)
( value)aRef.25.9 (<0.001)30.7 (<0.001)23.8 (<0.001)21.2 (<0.001)27.4 (<0.001)

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