Twenty four-week peginterferon plus ribavirin after interferon-β induction for genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C

Figure 3 The SVR rate (%, n) by the baseline platelet count in patients whose HCV-RNA level decreased to below 3. 3 Log IU/mL at the end of interferon-β treatment. Higher PLT indicates a platelet (PLT) count of ≥ 130 000/mL at the start of therapy. The significance of the difference was evaluated using Fisher’s exact test. Peg-IFN: Peginterferon; RBV: Ribavirin.