Treatment responses in Asians and Caucasians with chronic hepatitis C infection

Table 4 Univariate analysis of predictors of SVR on matched HCV genotype 1-infected Asians and Caucasians

Variables	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Ethnicity (Asians)	4.92 (2.32-10.50)	< 0.001
Gender (male)	0.83 (0.39-1.79)	0.64
Age (per year)	1.04 (1.00-1.96)	0.061
Weight (< 75 kg)	2.59 (1.20-5.61)	0.016
Minimal alcohol intake	3.20 (1.17-8.73)	0.023
Peginterferon vs standard interferon	1.10 (0.42-2.92)	0.84
Treatment naïve	0.77 (0.29-2.04)	0.60
Dose reduction not required	1.04 (0.48-2.23)	0.93
Dose interruption not required	2.31 (0.64-8.33)	0.20
Absence of bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis	1.80 (0.80-4.04)	0.15