Table 2. Main characteristics of patients infected with GT2 and GT3 (Mean).

	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	n
Age (years)	45.4	12.1	391	38.3	9.6	1956	<0.0001
Duration of infection (years)	13.9	10.2	332	10.1	7.8	1743	<0.0001
BMI	25.9	4.7	391	24.9	4.1	1956	<0.0001
APRI score	0.8	1.1	346	1.0	1.3	1780	0.005
Thrombocytes/nl	224	75	376	220	72	1885	0.400
Prothrombine time (%)	97.5	12.0	245	96.9	14.2	1155	0.124
γ-GT (U/L)	68	109	370	79	104	1872	0.061
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	194	40	220	166	53	1037	<0.0001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	116	34	120	95	36	532	<0.0001
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	130	92	210	119	77	945	0.073
Ferritin (µg/L)	193	410	150	165	173	657	0.409
Duration of therapy (weeks)	24.8	8.8	391	24.4	10.0	1950	0.492
RBV starting dose (mg/kg/day)	12.6	3.0	390	12.6	3.4	1950	0.767