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. 2007 Dec;27(10):1297–1310. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01613.x

Table 3.

Sustained response to consensus interferon/ribavirin vs. interferon-α-2b/ribavirin by hepatitis C virus genotype, ethnicity, gender and body weight

Consensus interferon/ribavirin (n=63) interferon-α-2b/ribavirin (n=65) P-value
All genotypes
<800 000 IU/mL 12/21 (57%) 14/26 (54%) 0.82
≥800 000 IU/mL 24/42 (57%) 12/39 (31%) 0.017*
Genotype 1
<800 000 IU/mL 5/13 (38%) 9/20 (45%) 0.70
≥800 000 IU/mL 13/28 (46%) 4/28 (14%) 0.0089*
Genotype-non 1
<800 000 IU/mL 7/8 (88%) 5/6 (83%) 0.82
≥800 000 IU/mL 11/14 (79%) 8/11 (73%) 0.70
Race
White 28/42 (67%) 16/40 (40%) 0.015*
Non-white 8/21 (38%) 10/25 (40%) 0.89
Sex
Men 19/43 (44%) 17/44 (39%) 0.59
Women 17/20 (85%) 9/21 (43%) 0.005*
Weight
<75 kg 15/19 (79%) 10/20 (50%) 0.059
≥75 kg 21/44 (48%) 16/45 (36%) 0.24

[Adapted with permission of Springer Heidelberg from Digestive Diseases & Sciences;50: 227–232. © 2005 (108).]

*

Statistically significant.