Inflammasome Genes’ Polymorphisms in Egyptian Chronic Hepatitis C Patients: Influence on Vulnerability to Infection and Response to Treatment

Table 1

General characteristics of the studied groups.

	C	P	SVR	NR
Male/female	56/39	117/84	59/27	58/57
Age () years
BMI
ALT level (U/L, )
Basal HCV RNA level (log copies/mL, )
Fibrosis
F1		107 (57.2%)	57 (67.9%)	50 (48.5%)
F2		38 (20.3%)	15 (17.9%)	23 (22.3%)
F3		42 (22.5%)	12 (14.3%)	30 (29.1%)

C = healthy control; P = HCV patients; BMI = body mass index; ALT = alanine transaminase; SVR = sustained virological response; NR = nonresponder; F = fibrosis. Quantitative data are represented as , qualitative data are represented as number and frequency, is considered significant.