Table 3. Quantitative effect of each additional HCV genetic variation that is unique to the marked or poor day 28 response classes on eventual treatment outcomea.
Genotype 1a | Genotype 1b | |||
Protein | Relative Riskb (95% CIc) | P valued | Relative Riskb (95% CIc) | P valued |
Polyprotein | 1.03 (1.02, 1.04) | <0.0001 | 1.02 (1.01, 1.04) | 0.0019 |
Core | 1.26 (1.11, 1.44) | 0.0005 | 1.28 (1.14, 1.44) | <0.0001 |
E1 | 1.18 (1.07, 1.30) | 0.0006 | 1.03 (0.88, 1.20) | 0.7243 |
E2 | 1.10 (1.04, 1.17) | 0.0012 | 1.08 (1.02, 1.15) | 0.0102 |
p7 | 1.26 (0.87, 1.83) | 0.2245 | 1.05 (0.74, 1.47) | 0.7874 |
NS2 | 1.13 (0.99, 1.29) | 0.0816 | 1.11 (1.04, 1.19) | 0.0023 |
NS3+NS4A | 1.14 (1.05, 1.25) | 0.0029 | 1.08 (1.01, 1.16) | 0.0232 |
NS4B | 1.26 (1.01, 1.57) | 0.0386 | 1.08 (0.92, 1.28) | 0.3311 |
NS5A | 1.06 (1.03, 1.10) | 0.0005 | 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) | 0.1127 |
NS5B | 1.19 (1.08, 1.31) | 0.0004 | 0.95 (0.82, 1.10) | 0.4926 |
Comparing SVR (sustained viral response) vs. NR (non-response).
For example, a relative risk of 1.18 for E1 in genotype 1a indicates that for one additional marked/poor response-specific unique variation in this gene, the probability of SVR is increased by 18%.
CI, confidence interval.
Poisson regression analysis.