Research Article

Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Responders and Relapsers to Treatment Show Similar Genetic Profiles of IL28B and IL10 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Table 4

Association between IL28B and IL10 SNPs and responders and relapsers.

Genotype/haplotypeRespondersRelapsersOR (95% CI)

rs12979860
 TT4 (0.16)8 (0.23)Reference
 CT9 (0.36)11 (0.31)0.61 (0.13–2.71) ()
 CC12 (0.48)16 (0.46)0.67 (0.16–2.74) ()

 CC versus CT/TT0.91 (0.32–2.55) ()

rs8099917
 GG4 (0.16)6 (0.17)Reference
 GT3 (0.12)7 (0.20)1.56 (0.24–9.91) ()
 TT18 (0.72)22 (0.63)0.81 (0.20–3.34) ()

 TT versus GT/GG0.66 (0.22–2.00) ()

rs1800872 (-592)
 CC7 (0.33)10 (0.32)Reference
 CA10 (0.48)16 (0.52)1.12 (0.32–3.90) ()
 AA4 (0.19)5 (0.16)0.87 (0.17–4.47) ()

 CA/AA versus CC1.05 (0.32–3.41) ()

rs1800871 (-819)
 CC6 (0.29)9 (0.29)Reference
 CT10 (0.48)17 (0.55)1.13 (0.31–4.13) ()
 TT5 (0.24)5 (0.16)0.67 (0.13–3.34) ()

 CT/TT versus CC0.98 (0.29–3.32) ()

rs1800896 (-1082)
 AA13 (0.62)19 (0.61)Reference
 GA8 (0.38)10 (0.32)0.85 (0.26–2.74) ()
 GG02 (0.06)Not done

 GA/GG versus AA1.02 (0.32–3.20) ()

rs12979860/rs8099917
 T/G0.130.18Reference
 C/G0.090.100.83 (0.18–3.88) ()
 C/T0.570.520.76 (0.30–1.94) ()
 T/T0.210.210.82 (0.27–2.54) ()

Haplotype frequencies were estimated by maximum likelihood. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.