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Table 1 Comparisons of baseline features of patients with rapid virological response (RVR) and those with non-RVR

From: Peripheral blood toll-like receptor 4 correlates with rapid virological response to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin therapy in hepatitis C genotype 1 patients

Variables

RVR (N = 45)

Non-RVR (N = 34)

P value

Sex (M:F)

23:22

19:15

0.674

Age (median,IQR)

60.5 (52.9 ~ 67.8)

53.4 (43.9 ~ 63.0)

0.003

BMI, Kg/m2 (median,IQR)

23.5 (21.8 ~ 24.7)

26.4 (23.0 ~ 29.4)

0.001

ALT, IU/L(median,IQR)

71.0 (48.0 ~ 138.5)

84.5 (56.3 ~ 115.5)

0.801

HCV viral load (≥ vs < 4x105 IU/ml)

17:28

28:6

< 0.001

Liver cirrhosis (yes vs. no)

4:41

6:28

0.313

> 80 % adherence (yes vs. no)

32:13

24:10

0.960

rs12979860 (CC vs. CT + TT)

43:2

24:10

0.002

rs 8099917 (TT vs. GG + GT)

44:1

25:9

0.002

TLR2 mRNA (median,IQR)

−1.36 (−2.52 ~ 0.76)

0.82 (0.55 ~ 0.96)

0.001

TLR3 mRNA (median,IQR)

−2.66 (−3.13 ~ −1.28)

−1.47 (−1.90 ~ −1.27)

0.014

TLR4 mRNA (median,IQR)

−1.85 (−2.53 ~ 0.57)

0.66 (0.31 ~ 0.86)

< 0.001

TLR7 mRNA (median,IQR)

−2.41 (−3.19 ~ −0.07)

−0.77 (−1.18 ~ −0.57)

0.008

TLR9 mRNA (median,IQR)

−2.44 (−3.17 ~ −1.01)

−0.98 (−1.26 ~ −0.84)

0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TLR toll like receptor, TLR mRNA expressions were shown as log ratios relative to GAPDH mRNA (log 2 -(∆Ct)). > 80 % adherence: patients who received more than 80 % of standard dose and duration