Research Article
Genetic Variation in the IL-6 and HLA-DQB1 Genes Is Associated with Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Table 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects.
| | | Total
| Spontaneous resolution
(39%) | Chronic infection
(61%) | value
(Chi-squared test unless otherwise noted) |
| | Age, mean (SD) [range], years |
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, | 0.87 (two-sample -test) | | Gender, number (%) | | | | 0.44 | | Male | 132 (84%) | 54 (87%) | 78 (82%) | | | Female | 23 (15%) | 8 (13%) | 15 (16%) | | | Trans | 2 (1%) | 0 | 2 (2%) | | | Ethnicity, number (%) | | | | 0.53 | | Not Hispanic | 126 (80%) | 48 (77%) | 78 (82%) | | | Hispanic | 20 (13%) | 10 (16%) | 10 (11%) | | | Mixed | 6 (4%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (3%) | | | Missing | 5 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (4%) | | | Self-identified race, number (%) | | | | 0.01 | | Caucasian | 84 (54%) | 36 (58%) | 48 (51%) | | | Black | 43 (27%) | 8 (13%) | 35 (37%) | | | Other or mixed | 14 (9%) | 7 (11%) | 7 (7%) | | | Missing | 16 (10%) | 11 (18%) | 5 (5%) | | | HIV status, number (%) | | | | 0.26 | | Infected | 42 (27%) | 13 (21%) | 29 (31%) | | | Not infected | 115 (73%) | 49 (79%) | 66 (69%) | | | HCG genotype, number (%) | | | | NA | | 1 | NA | NA | 67 (71%) | | | 2 | NA | NA | 9 (10%) | | | 3 | NA | NA | 11 (12%) | | | 4 | NA | NA | 4 (4%) | | | Unknown | NA | NA | 4 (4%) | | | HCV treatment, number (%) | | | | NA | | SVR | NA | NA | 23 (24%) | | | NR | NA | NA | 7 (7%) | | | Not treated | NA | NA | 65 (68%) | |
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NA: not available.
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