Table 2. Patient Characteristics in Each IL28B Genotype Subgroup.

	C/C Genotype	C/T Genotype	T/T Genotype
Age, y, mean ± SD	54.2 ± 7.4	53.9 ± 10.1	49.7 ± 10.3
Patients, No.	26	67	14
Female, No. (%)	18 (69.2)	36 (53.7)	9 (64.3)
BMI a, kg/m 2, mean ± SD	26.6 ± 2.9	27.7 ± 4.2	26.9 ± 4.1
Viral load at baseline, IU/mL, mean ± SD a	2,250,100.5 ± 1,743,166	2,309,536.5 ± 2,420,368	1,017,544.2 ± 1,462,900.7
Patients with baseline viral load < 600,000 IU/mL, No. (%)	5 (19.2)	19 (28.4)	9 (64.3)
Liver fibrosis b, mean ± SD	2.4 ± 0.6 c	2.5 ± 0.7 d	2.3 ± 0.5 e

^a Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation

^b in cases with liver biopsy – Metavir score

^c 26 patients

^d 63 patients

^e 13 patients