Risk factors for retinopathy associated with interferon &alpha;-2b and ribavirin combination therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 21, 2006; 12(23): 3756-3759
Published online Jun 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i23.3756

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with retinopathy

Factor	P	Odds	95% confidenceinterval
Factor	P	ratio	95% confidenceinterval
Sex	0.68	1.699	0.1-21.0
Age	0.203	1.099	1.0-1.3
Genotype	0.776	1.621	0.1-45.5
Levels of HCV RNA	0.114	1.006	0.99-1.0
Hypertension	0.004	246.32	5.5-10977.8
Diabetes mellitus	0.211	0.122	0.1-3.3
Abnormal findings in pretreatment optic fundi	0.904	1.192	0.1-20.3
Platelet	0.059	1.391	1.0-1.9
Prothrombin time	0.747	0.982	0.9-1.1
ALT	0.992	1	0.98-1.0
WBC	0.964	1.027	0.4-2.9
Response to therapy (SVR or non-SVR)	0.123	0.016	0.0-3.1

Citation: Okuse C, Yotsuyanagi H, Nagase Y, Kobayashi Y, Yasuda K, Koike K, Iino S, Suzuki M, Itoh F. Risk factors for retinopathy associated with interferon α-2b and ribavirin combination therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(23): 3756-3759
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i23/3756.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i23.3756

Okuse C, Yotsuyanagi H, Nagase Y, Kobayashi Y, Yasuda K, Koike K, Iino S, Suzuki M, Itoh F. Risk factors for retinopathy associated with interferon α-2b and ribavirin combination therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(23): 3756-3759 [PMID: 16773695 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i23.3756]

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