Spontaneous elimination of hepatitis C virus infection: A retrospective study on demographic, clinical, and serological correlates

Table 1 Frequency of reactivity to HCV proteins in individuals with self-limited and chronic HCV infection

Antibody to	Self-limitedHCV infection(n = 55)	ChronicHCV infection(n=58)	Level ofsignificance
	Qualitative reactivity (npos/nneg)Quantitative reactivity( mean ± SD)
Overall	491/2	56/2	P = 0.2073
	8.79 ± 5.04	13.07 ± 4.14	P < 0.0001
C22p (core)	46/9	56/2	P = 0.0737
	2.80 ± 1.58	3.74 ± 0.92	P = 0.0003
C33c (NS3)	50/5	56/2	P = 0.4142
	2.74 ± 1.47	3.67 ± 0.95	P = 0.0002
C100p + 5-1-1p (NS4)	42/13	53/5	P = 0.0681
	2.09 ± 1.62	3.31 ± 1.29	P < 0.0001
NS5 (NS5)	20/35	43/15	P = 0.0002
	1.11 ± 1.63	2.35 ± 1.76	P = 0.0002

All tests were stratified for sex and age;

¹4 patients classified as indeterminate.