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HCV genotype 1 subtypes (1a and 1b): similarities and differences in clinical features and therapeutic outcome.

2015

Aim: To evaluate similarities and differences in HCV-1 subtypes 1a and 1b in the presenting clinical features and the response to peg-interferon and ribavirin (Peg/RIBA).Patients and methods: A total of 1,233 naïve patients with HCV genotype-1 infection, 159 (13 %) with subtype 1a and 1,074 (87 %) with subtype 1b were treated with Peg-IFN/RIBA at 12 Italian centers. Covariates included in the logistic model were age, gender, BMI, serum alanine aminotransferase, serum gamma-glutamiltranspeptidase (γGT), platelets counts, liver fibrosis, the occurrence of type 2 diabetes, baseline viremia, and IL28B genotype.Results: At multivariate analysis, baseline characteristics differentiating patients …

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