The influence of hepatitis B virus on antiviral treatment with interferon and ribavirin in Asian patients with hepatitis C virus/hepatitis B virus coinfection: a meta-analysis

Table 3 Pooled effect of HBV/HCV coinfection studies with HCV mono-infection control studies

Effects	HBV/HCV			HCV		Effect size		Heterogeneity
	Studies (n)	Sample size	Events	Sample size	Events	OR(95% CI)	P	I ²	P
ETVR	4	271	233	308	266	1.03(0.37-2.82)	0.96	69%	0.02
SVR	5	313	213	392	276	0.87(0.62-1.21)	0.38	0%	0.61
HCV relapse	4	270	49	308	42	1.55(0.98-2.47)	0.06	47%	0.13
HCV genotype 1 relapse	2	127	27	135	13	2.4(1.17-4.91)	0.19	74%	0.05
HCV non-genotype 1 relapse	2	84	7	71	7	0.9(0.3-2.71)	0.85	0%	0.4o

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