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. 2010 Mar 30;15(3):102–111. doi: 10.1186/2047-783X-15-3-102

Table 4.

Adjusting effects for possible confounders - SVR, HIV-positive patients

SVR No SVR Uni-variate Multi-variate Multivariate
n = 64 n = 54 p-value p-value Odds-ratio (95% CI)
Age [years] 40 (27 - 54) 41 (27 - 48) 0.566 - -

Male sex [%] 75 78 0.662 - -

Transm. risk IVDU [%] 20 30 0.709 - -

HCV GT 1 or 4 [%] 50 76 0.002 0.001 0.2 (0.1 - 0.5)

HCVRNA ≥ 5 × 105 IU/ml[%] 42 63 0.014 0.009 0.3 (0.1 - 0.7)

ALT [IU/l] 63 (19 - 190) 80 (25 - 250) 0.368 - -

Weight adapted RBV [%] 88 73 0.237 - -

Tx duration 48 wks [%] 47 27 0.309 - -

Enrollment period [%]
2002 - 2004 56 67 0.253 - -
2005 - 2007 44 32

Treatment arm [%]
B (no HAART) 44 39
C1 (NRTI-cont.) 33 52 0.047 0.025 0.3 (0.1 - 0.9)*
C2 (NRTI free) 23 9

HIV-RNA [copies/ml, log10] 1.7 (1.7 - 4.8) 1.7 (1.7 - 4.8) 0.372 -

CD4-cellcount
[/μl] 487 (236 - 1042) 542 (222 - 831) 0.828 -
[%] 27 (15 - 41) 26 (12 - 41) 0.364 -

Anemia [%]
Grade 1/2 11 11 1.000 .
Grade 3/4 - -

Leucopenia [%]
Grade 1/2 47 41 0.578 -
Grade 3/4 9 7 0.753

Thrombocytopenia [%]
Grade 1/2 47 43 0.712 -
Grade 3/4 5 6 1.000

Clinical adverse events [%]
Grade 1/2 67 69 1.000 -
Grade 3/4 11 13 0.781

Dose reduction PegIFN [%] 11 9 1.000

Dose reduction RBV [%] 13 20 0.215 -

Treatm. discont. AEs [%] 5 24 0.003 0.004 0.1 (0 - 0.5)

Data shown as percent of patientsor median (95% range); *treatment arm C1 compared to B and C2 (reference) SVR sustained virological response, IVDU intravenous drug abuse, GT HCV genotype; ALT serum alanine aminotransferase, RBV ribavirin, Tx Treatment, wks weeks, NRTI nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitor, Treatment discont. AEs Treatment discontinuation due to adverse events.