SEN virus does not affect treatment response in hepatitis C virus coinfected patients but SEN virus response depends on SEN virus DNA concentration

Table 1 Characteristics of SENV positive and SENV negative patients

	SENV positive (n = 21)	SENV negative (n = 74)	P value
Median age (yr)	42 ± 12	42 ± 12	0.991
Male, m (%)	13 (62%)	46 (62%)	1.002
Median baseline ALT (IU/L )	81 ± 109	69 ± 60	0.561
Pretreated, n (%)	3 (14%)	10 (14%)	1.002
Hepatitis C genotype, n (%)
1, 4	16 (76%)	51 (69%)	0.602
2, 3	5 (24%)	21 (28%)	0.792
Undetermined	0 (0%)	2 (3%)
PEG-IFN	11 (52%)	35 (47%)	0.812
Sustained HCV response to therapy	11 (52%)	37 (50%)	1.002

¹Mann-Whitney test;

²Fisher´s exact test.