Table 3 Treatment characteristics in chronic hepatitis C patients with and without diabetes.

From: Response to therapy with direct antiviral drugs in HCV-infected patients with diabetes

Parameter

All patients

(n = 18968)

Diabetic group (n = 2179)

Non-diabetic group (n = 16789)

p-value

History of antiviral treatment

 Treatment-naive, % (n)

80.8 (15328)

73.1 (1593)

81.8 (13735)

< 0.001 (χ2 = 94.2)

 Non-responder to IFN-based regimens, % (n)

17.0 (3232)

24.2 (527)

16.1 (2705)

< 0.001 (χ2 = 88.9)

 Non-responder to IFN-free regimens, % (n)

2.2 (408)

2.7 (59)

2.1 (349)

0.057 (χ2 = 3.6)

Current treatment regimen

 Current-RBV-containing regimens, % (n)

14.0 (2665)

22.8 (497)

12.9 (2168)

< 0.001 (χ2 = 156.4)

 Genotype- specific treatment regimens, % (n)

52.0 (9871)

59.9 (1305)

51.4 (8633)

< 0.001

(χ2 = 22.4)

 ASV + DCV, % (n)

0.7 (135)

1.0 (21)

0.7 (114)

0.137 (χ2 = 2.2)

 SOF/LDV ± RBV, % (n)

16.1 (3061)

19.9 (435)

15.6 (2626)

< 0.001

(χ2 = 26.6)

 OBV/PTV/r ± DSV ± RBV, % (n)

21.4 (4064)

22.2 (483)

21.3 (3581)

0.370

(χ2 = 0.8)

 GZR/EBR ± RBV, % (n)

13.7 (2601)

13.6 (297)

13.7 (2304)

0.905

(χ2 = 0.01)

 SOF + SMV ± RBV, % (n)

0.1 (10)

0.1 (2)

0.1 (8)

0.322

 Pangenotypic regimens, % (n)

48.0 (9097)

40.1 (874)

48.6 (8156)

< 0.001

(χ2 = 22.4)

 SOF + RBV, % (n)

1.8 (344)

2.7 (59)

1.7 (285)

0.001

(χ2 = 11.0)

 SOF + DCV ± RBV, % (n)

0.2 (46)

0.4 (8)

0.2 (38)

0.209

(χ2 = 1.6)

 GLE/PIB, % (n)

26.0 (4934)

16.9 (369)

27.2 (4565)

< 0.001 (χ2 = 105.4)

 GLE/PIB + SOF + RBV, % (n)

0.04 (7)

0

0.04 (7)

1

 SOF/VEL ± RBV, % (n)

19.4 (3677)

22.5 (490)

19.0 (3187)

< 0.001

(χ2 = 15.2)

 SOF/VEL/VOX, % (n)

0.5 (89)

0.7 (15)

0.4 (74)

0.111

(χ2 = 2.5)

  1. CHC, chronic hepatitis C; IFN, interferon; RBV, ribavirin; ASV, asunaprevir; DCV, daclatasvir; LDV, ledipasvir; SOF, sofosbuvir; OBV, ombitasvir; PTV, paritaprevir; r, ritonavir; DSV, dasabuvir; GZR, grazoprevir; EB, elbasvir; SMV, simeprevir; GLE, glecaprevir; PIB, pibrentasvir; VEL, velpatasvir; VOX, voxilaprevir.