Coinfection with hepatitis C virus and schistosomiasis: Fibrosis and treatment response

Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression analysis in which the failure of treatment is the dependent variable at weeks 48 and 72

Factors	OR	P value	95%CI
			Lower	Upper
Week 48
Age of > 50 yr	1.15	0.245	0.91	1.50
Female	0.65	0.000	0.51	0.80
Viremia, > 600 × 103 IU/mL	1.78	0.000	1.41	2.30
IFNα2b	1.21	0.050	1.01	1.50
Activity, A2, A3	0.68	0.001	0.54	0.90
Fibrosis, > F2	1.69	0.000	1.35	2.10
BMI, > 30 kg/m2	0.86	0.009	0.76	0.96
Positive schisto status	1.29	0.015	1.10	1.60
Week 72
Age of > 50 yr	1.0	0.990	0.7	1.3
Female	0.7	0.006	0.5	0.9
Viremia, > 600 × 103 IU/mL	1.6	0.001	1.2	2.2
Activity, A2, A3	0.5	< 0.01	0.4	0.7
Fibrosis, > F2	1.9	< 0.01	1.5	2.5
Positive schisto status	1.7	< 0.01	1.3	2.1

IFN: Interferon; BMI: Body mass index.