Table 2.
The influence of HCVRNA in PBMC on interferon response
|
HCVRNA plus strand |
HCVRNA minus strand |
|||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |
| ETR (Biochemical) | 13 (59.1%) | 7 (53.7%) | 8 (57.1%) | 13 (61.9%) |
| ETR (Virological) | 11 (50.0%) | 9 (69.2%) | 6 (42.9%) | 12 (57.1%) |
| SR-6 (Biochemical) | 8 (36.7%) | 6 (46.2%) | 2 (14.3%)a | 9 (42.8%)a |
| SR-6 (Virological) | 6 (27.3%) | 5 (38.5%) | 1 (7.1%)c | 7 (33.3)c |
a
Comparison of biochemical SR-6 between HCV minus-RNA positive and negative groups, χ2 = 4.12, P < 0.05;
c
Comparison of virological SR-6 between HCV minus-RNA positive and negative groups, χ2 = 4.24, P < 0.05.