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Table 5 Relationship between grades of inflammation and End of Treatment Response by adjusted RR (N = 552)

From: Extent of liver inflammation in predicting response to interferon α & Ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients: a cohort study

Variable

n

RR

95% CI RR

Grade of inflammation

Low grades (Reference)

472

1

High grades

80

1.17

1.12–1.18

Age

< 40 years

334

1.16

1.11–1.23

≥ 40 years (Reference)

218

1

TLC

< 7.2 cells × 109/L

266

1.14

1.10–1.17

≥7.2 cells × 109/L (Reference)

286

1

ALT in U/L (5 unit rise)

552

1

0.99–1.01

  1. RR: Risk Ratio.