Vitamin D improves viral response in hepatitis C genotype 2-3 naïve patients

Table 2 Viral response, vitamin D levels and biomarkers of inflammation, insulin resistance and oxidative stress in all patients

	OR	95% CI	P value
Received vitamin D supplementation (yes vs no)	3.0	2.0-4.9	< 0.001
Base line vitamin D	2.2	1.1-4.3	0.01
(< 15 or > 15 ng/mL )
Genotype	2.0	1.2-3.8	0.01
(2 vs 3)
High viral load	2.8	1.2-4.0	0.001
(< 400 000 or > 400 000 IU/mL)
Baseline CRP	1.0	0.5-1.9	0.5
(< 0.5 or > 0.5 mg/dL)
BMI > 30 (kg/m2)	2.6	0.8-3.5	0.01
(yes vs no)

CRP: C-reactive protein; BMI: Body mass index; OR: Odds ratio.