HCV RNA viral load is independent from CD4 cell count and plasma HIV RNA viral load in immunocompetent HIV-HCV co-infected patients: a 3-years follow-up study

Table 2 Mixed mode (ME) maximum likelihood linear regression model test with log ₁₀ HCV RNA as dependent variable

Log₁₀HCV RNA	Coef.	Std. Err.	z	P	95% Conf.	Interval
Age	0.011	0.021	0.50	0.614	-0.030	0.051
Gender	0.068	0.194	0.35	0.727	-0.313	0.448
HCV genotype 1	0.543	0.178	3.04	0.002	0.194	0.893
Advanced liver fibrosis	-0.183	0.205	-0.89	0.372	-0.585	0.219
ART	-0.175	0.284	-0.62	0.537	-0.731	0.381
CD4 cell count/mm3	0.000	0.000	-0.21	0.831	-0.001	0.000
Previous HCV therapy	0.378	0.185	2.05	0.041	0.016	0.740
IL28B CC genotype	0.331	0.168	1.96	0.050	0.001	0.660
_cons	5.229	1.047	5.00	0.000	3.178	7.281

Log likelihood = -95.223521, Wald chi²(8) = 18.96, P = 0.0151.
ART: Anti Retroviral Therapy; Clean IFU: HIV viremia undetectable follow-up, regardless of being on ART.

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