Table 2.

Rates of Virological Responses of the 100 Patients

Virological response	Patients	HCV RNA levels		p-value
		≤800,000 IU/mL (n=59)	>800,000 IU/mL (n=41)
RVR	51 (51)	45 (76.3)	6 (14.6)	<0.001*
EVR	91 (91)	58 (98.3)	33 (80.5)	0.002†
ETR	84 (84)	57 (96.6)	27 (65.9)	<0.001*
SVR	67 (67)	55 (93.2)	12 (29.3)	<0.001*
Relapse	17/84 (20.2)	2/57 (3.5)	15/27 (55.6)	<0.001*

Data are presented as number (%).

HCV, hepatitis C virus; RVR, rapid virological response; EVR, early virological response; ETR, end of treatment response; SVR, sustained virological response.

^*Indicates a highly statistically significant difference;

^†Indicates a very statistically significant difference.