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Table 2 Comparisons of baseline features of patients with sustained virological response (SVR) and those with non-SVR

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

SVR (N = 45)

Non-SVR (N = 30)

P value

Sex (M:F)

19:26

20:10

0.038

Age (median,IQR)

59.7 (51.1 ~ 67.4)

56.6 (45.9 ~ 64.7)

0.176

BMI, Kg/m2 (median,IQR)

23.9 (22.4 ~ 27.1)

23.7 (21.4 ~ 27.8)

0.787

ALT, IU/L(median,IQR)

84.0 (52.0 ~ 134.5)

77.0 (44.8 ~ 14.8)

0.423

Viral load (≥ vs < 4 × 105 IU/ml)

25:20

19:11

0.503

RVR (yes vs. no)

31:14

10:20

0.002

Liver cirrhosis (yes vs. no)

2:43

8:22

0.012

> 80 % adherence (yes vs. no)

32:13

21:9

0.918

rs12979860 (CC vs CT + TT)

43:2

20:10

0.002

rs 8099917 (TT vs GG + GT)

45:0

20:10

< 0.001

TLR2 mRNA (median,IQR)

−1.07 (−4.05 ~ −0.74)

−0.96 (−3.39 ~ −0.67)

0.304

TLR3 mRNA (median,IQR)

−3.39 (−4.53 ~ −2.86)

−3.28 (−4.10 ~ −2.90)

0.607

TLR4 mRNA (median,IQR)

−1.24 (−4.05 ~ −0.96)

−1.02 (−3.54 ~ −0.78)

0.067

TLR7 mRNA (median,IQR)

−2.76 (−4.53 ~ −2.19)

−2.42 (−4.18 ~ −2.20)

0.545

TLR9 mRNA (median,IQR)

−2.85 (−4.57 ~ −2.59)

−2.62 (−4.12 ~ −2.47)

0.124

  1. RVR rapid virological response, BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TLR toll like receptor. TLR mRNA expression levels were shown as log ratios relative to GAPDH mRNA (log 2 -(∆Ct))