Table 2. Demographic data, time of HCV diagnosis, HCV genotype, and HCV viral load in HCV patients according to the presence of anti-RR and other IIF-HEp-2 patterns^* .

		Anti-RR positive patients	IIF-HEp-2 negative patients	Other IIF-HEp-2 patterns	Statistical analysis
Age in years (mean ± DP) (n = 107)		51.5±1.9	48.6±1.4	53.1±2.2	p = 0.199
Sex (%) (n = 136)	Male (n = 82)	31 (37.8%)	29 (35.4%)	22 (26.8%)	p = 0.762
	Female (n = 54)	20 (37%)	17 (31.5%)	17 (31.5%)
Ethnicity (%) (n = 89)	White (n = 54)	22 (40.7%)	17 (31.5%)	15 (27.8%)	p = 0.417
	Mulatto (n = 21)	6 (28.6%)	11 (52.4%)	4 (19%)
	Black (n = 14)	3 (21.4%)	6 (42.9%)	5 (35.7%)
Length of diagnosis in months (mean ± DP) (n = 70)		19.5±2.5	18.2±1.5	16.1±2.1	p = 0.515
HCV Genotype (%) (n = 81)	1A (n = 38)	13 (34.2%)	17 (44.7%)	8 (21.1%)	p = 0.679
	1B (n = 31)	14 (45.2%)	12 (38.7%)	5 (16.1%)
	Others (1C, 3A e 3B) (n = 12)	3 (25%)	8 (66.7%)	1 (8.3%)
HCV viral load (mean ± DP) (n = 72)		361,222±64,842	348,492±58,816	390,194±66,071	p = 0.776

^*The total number of subjects analyzed varied for each parameter according to the availability of consistent information.