TABLE 2.
Correlation of HCV RNA levels in different compartments for the three groups of patients
| Group | Correlation for HCV RNA loada
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| Serum vs liver
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Serum vs PBMC
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Liver vs PBMC
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| r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |
| A | 0.6657 | <0.0001 | 0.3754 | 0.0170 | 0.2706 | 0.0912 |
| B | 0.5176 | <0.0001 | 0.5004 | 0.0002 | 0.3560 | 0.0104 |
| C | 0.5197 | 0.0078 | 0.3700 | 0.0687 | 0.4276 | 0.0330 |
HCV RNA loads were calculated in copies per milliliter for serum samples and in copies per microgram of RNA for liver and PBMC samples.