Patient characteristics
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *References for the relevant staging/scoring system. | ||||
| †Patients coinfected with different hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes (group A, one; group B, two; group C, three; group D, three). | ||||
| ‡No data available for group A. | ||||
| §No biopsy obtained (group A, five; group B, four; group C, five). | ||||
| Sex (M/F) | 15/11 | 23/9 | 24/17 | 18/16 |
| Age (y) | 42 (19–65) | 37.5 (20–50) | 44 (26–64) | 43.4 (21–64) |
| Weight (kg) | 79 (51–92) | 72 (50–95) | 78 (51–103) | 72 (48–100) |
| HCV subtype28* (1a/1b/2/3/4) | 2/7/2/6/0† | 7/9/0/9/3† | 14/25/0/1/1† | 5/16/2/14/0† |
| Viral load pre-IFN (IU×103/ml) | ‡ | 1052 (94–7880) | 2848 (83–8500) | 1300 (84–7800) |
| Fibrosis stage29* (I/II/III/IV) | 5/7/3/6§ | 2/19/5/2§ | 2/20/4/10§ | 3/20/3/8 |