Table 1

Host characteristics of spontaneous clearance for HCV

Characteristics	Total (case, %)	Spontaneous clearance	Non-clearance	OR (95% CI)	p Value
Case (case, %)	85	27, 31.8	58, 68.2	–	–
Gender (case, %)					0.462
Male	45, 52.9	15, 55.6	30, 51.7	1.11 (0.59 to 2.08)
Female	40, 47.1	12, 44.4	28, 48.3	0.95 (0.71 to 1.27)
Age, median (range) (case, %)	32 (9–71), years	30 (9–61), years	34 (10–71), years		0.160
≤20 years	19, 22.4	10, 37.0	9, 15.5	2.04 (1.13 to 3.69)	0.028*
21–40 years	39, 45.9	11, 40.7	28, 48.3	0.81 (0.43 to 1.54)	0.340
41–60 years	21, 24.7	5, 18.5	16, 27.6	0.69 (0.30 to 1.60)	0.267
≥61 years	6, 7.0	1, 3.7	5, 8.6	0.51 (0.08 to 3.12)	0.375
IL-28 allele frequency detected (case, %)	64	24	40
rs10853728 CC	36, 56.3	17, 70.8	19, 47.5	1.89 (0.91 to 3.91)	0.058
rs12979860 CC	53, 82.8	22, 91.7	31, 77.5	2.28 (0.63 to 8.32)	0.132
rs8099917 TT	53, 82.8	22, 91.7	31, 77.5	2.28 (0.63 to 8.32)	0.132
rs12980275 AA	53, 82.8	22, 91.7	31, 77.5	2.28 (0.63 to 8.32)	0.132
rs4803219 CC	55, 85.9	22, 91.7	33, 82.5	1.80 (0.51 to 6.37)	0.264
rs4803223 AA	47, 73.4	16, 66.7	31, 77.5	0.72 (0.38 to 1.38)	0.254
rs8105790 TT	54, 84.3	22, 91.7	32, 80.0	2.04 (0.57 to 7.33)	0.189