Retrospective study of the associations between hepatitis C virus infection and metabolic factors

Table 4 Univariate analysis of the association between baseline demographic, clinical, and laboratory variables and successful treatment response

Variables	Crude OR	95%CI (P value)
Sex (n = 115)	0.878	0.412-1.873 (0.737)
Mean age (yr) (n = 115)	0.959	0.926-9.93 (0.019)
Birth place (Israel/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/other) (n = 115)	0.839	0.530-1.329 (0.455)
Current smoker (yes/no) (n = 105)	1.487	0.762-2.901 (0.245)
Alcohol consumption (none/past) (n = 103)	1.133	0.266-4.824 (0.866)
Drug use (none/past user) (n = 106)	1.476	0.550-3.961 (0.439)
Genotype 3 (n = 115) (genotypes 1, 2, and 4 are grouped as the reference)	5.35	1.48-19.3 (0.010)
Liver steatosis determined by biopsy (yes/no) (n = 74)	0.596	0.331-1.079 (0.085)
Liver steatosis determined by ultrasound (yes/no) (n = 107)	0.515	0.181-1.462 (0.213)

Data were not available for some patients due to the retrospective nature of the study. OR: Odds ratio.