Table 1.

HCV genotypes/subtypes distribution and gender of 945 patients from January 2011 to August 2013 in Calabria region.

HCV genotypes/subtypes	No. of isolates	Percentage (%)	Gender				P value
			Male	(%)	Female	(%)
1	76	8.0	43	56.5	33	43.5	NS
1b	354	37.5	191	53.9	163	46.1	NS
1a	73	7.7	47	64.4	26	35.6	NS
1a/1b	5	0.5	4	80.0	1	20.0	NS
2	42	4.5	26	61.9	16	38.1	NS
2a/2c	212	22.4	97	45.7	115	54.3	0.0005
3	112	11.8	94	83.9	18	16.1	0.0052
4	70	7.5	47	67.2	23	32.8	NS
5	1	0.1	1	100.0	-	-	-
Total	945	-	550	58.2	395	41.8	-

NS = not significant (P > 0.05).