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Table 5 End-of-treatment and sustained virologic response rates in patients treated to week 48

From: The effectiveness of retreatment with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin in patients with chronic viral hepatitis C genotype 2 and 3: a prospective cohort study in Brazil

End-of-treatment response

Patients treated n = 216, n (%)

p*

End-of-treatment Response at week 48, n (%)

140/216 (64.8%)

 

Non-responder to initial treatment

81/128(63.3%)

0.671

Relapsed to initial treatment

59/88 (67%)

 

Sustained Virologic Response at week 72, n (%)

88/216 (40.7%)

 

Non-responder to initial treatment

44/128 (34.4%)

0.031

Relapsed to initial treatment

44/88 (50%)

 
  1. * Significance based on Fisher’s Exact test.