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Volume 351:831-832 August 19, 2004 Number 8
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Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites

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by Muir, A. J.
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To the Editor: Muir et al. (May 27 issue)1 state that black race is an independent risk factor for a low rate of response to treatment of infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. There is a further point in their study that merits attention.

Black and non-Hispanic white patients were similar in their baseline characteristics except for a significant difference in weight (89.0 kg vs. 81.6 kg), incidence of hypertension (46 percent vs. 12 percent), and incidence of diabetes mellitus (23 percent vs. 6 percent). Higher body weight has previously been identified as an . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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