Table 1.
Variable | Exposure Model Specification | |||||||
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Linear | Splines | FP | CBPS | |||||
95% CI | 95% CI | 95% CI | 95% CI | |||||
SVR12b status | −0.11 | −0.20, −0.03 | −0.11 | −0.20, −0.03 | −0.11 | −0.19, −0.02 | −0.13 | −0.21, −0.04 |
Female sex | −0.09 | −0.21, 0.05 | −0.09 | −0.22, 0.04 | −0.09 | −0.22, 0.04 | −0.08 | −0.21, 0.05 |
BMIc (per 10 units) | −0.01 | −0.10, 0.07 | −0.01 | −0.11, 0.08 | −0.01 | −0.11, 0.08 | −0.01 | −0.11, 0.08 |
Age (per 10 years) | −0.01 | −0.07, 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.08, 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.08, 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.08, 0.05 |
Injection drug use in preceding 6 months | −0.05 | −0.17, 0.07 | −0.05 | −0.18, 0.07 | −0.05 | −0.17, 0.08 | −0.04 | −0.17, 0.09 |
Duration of HCV infection (per 10 years) | 0.04 | 0.00, 0.08 | 0.04 | −0.01, 0.08 | 0.04 | −0.01, 0.08 | 0.04 | −0.01, 0.08 |
HCV genotype of 2, 3, or 4 vs. HCV genotype 1 | 0.13 | 0.03, 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.03, 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.03, 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.03, 0.25 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CBPS, covariate-balancing propensity score; CI, confidence interval; FP, fractional polynomial; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SVR, sustained virological response.
a 95% CIs were computed by means of the nonparametric bootstrap percentiles approach.
b SVR 12 weeks after discontinuation of HCV therapy.
c BMI was calculated as weight (kg)/height (m)2.