Table 2.

Characteristics of HCV cohort 2.

	All (n=228)		AA (n=68)		CA (n=160)
	N	%SVR	n	%SVR	n	%SVR	p-value††
Age (years) †
≤ 49	106	25.5%	17	0%	89	30.3%	0.99
> 49	90	22.2%	29	13.8%	61	26.2%
Gender (n, %)
Male	145	33.7%	50	6.0%	95	25.3%	0.02
Female	83	18.6%	18	27.8%	65	35.4%
Baseline viral level (per log10 IU/ml) †
≤ 5.8	95	36.8%	29	24.1%	66	42.4%	0.0001
> 5.8	94	12.8%	31	0%	63	19.1%
Ishak fibrosis score
0	19	31.6%	3	0%	16	37.5%	0.07
1, 2	64	34.4%	10	0%	54	40.7%
3, 4	68	16.2%	20	15.0%	48	16.7%
5, 6	30	13.3%	8	12.5%	22	13.6%
ALT(U/L) †
≤ 90	90	22.2%	26	3.9%	64	29.7%	0.9
> 90	90	24.4%	19	15.8%	71	26.8%

^†cut-off values are medians.

^††race-adjusted Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test