Table 3.

 DQB1 alleles distribution in patients with self-limiting HCV acute infection (SLI), with persistent HCV infection (PI) and in controls

Allele	SLI	PI	Controls	SLI v PI		SLI v controls		PI v controls		SLI+PI v controls
DQB1	(n = 10)	(n = 24)	(n = 40)	p	pc	p	pc	p	pc	p	pc
*02	4 (40%)	9 (37.5%)	8 (20%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*0301	4 (40%)	15 (62.5%)	27 (67.5%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*0302	2 (20%)	4 (16.7%)	3 (7.5%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*0303	2 (20%)	2 (8.3%)	2 (5%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*05	6 (60%)	8 (33.3 %)	12 (30%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*0501	2 (20%)	2 (8.3%)	6 (15%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*0502	2 (20%)	3 (12.5%)	5 (12.5%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*0503	2 (20%)	3 (12.5%)	1 (2.5%)	NS		NS		NS		NS
*06	1 (10%)	5 (20.8%)	12 (30%)	NS		NS		NS		NS

NS, not significant.