TABLE 5.

Response to combination therapy according to baseline virological load

	Total	ETR	SVR	Relapse
LVL	59 (55.14)	44 (74.58)	37 (62.71)	7 (15.91)
HVL	48 (44.86)	34 (70.83)	28 (58.33)	6 (17.65)

Data presented as n (%). High virological load (HVL; serum hepatitis C virus [HCV] RNA level of greater than 600,000 IU/mL) and low virological load (LVL; serum HCV RNA level of 50 IU/mL to less than 600,000 IU/mL) were both determined using a sensitive real-time polymerase chain reaction assay (Cobas Amplicor HCV monitor, version 2.0, Roche Diagnostics, USA, lower limit of quantitation = 50 IU/mL); ETR End-of-treatment response; SVR Sustained virological response