| Host Factors |
Viral Factors |
| Age Less than 40 years |
Genotypes 2 and 3 |
| Gender; female |
Viral Load < 2 million IU |
| Ethnicity; nonblack |
Lack of mutations in Interferon-sensitive determining region (ISDR) |
| Lack of liver fibrosis |
Decrease in E2 sequence homology with Protein Kinase R (PKR) |
| Anemic conditions |
Viral Kinetics; Rapid Decline with therapy |
| Immune response |
Increased duration of therapy |
| Interleukin-28 genetic polymorphism |
Co-infections |
| Sex hormones and menopause |
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| Non-alcoholic |
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| Organ transplant |
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| Insulin resistance |
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| Obesity |
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