Figure 1

Linkage disequilibrium plot of the STAT6 gene for the analyzed SNPs. The figure shows the output of Haploview (version 4.2) linkage disequilibrium plot where each square (with r² values written within the box correspond to r² values × 100 as linkage disequilibrium measure range) represents a pairwise linkage disequilibrium relationship between the two SNPs. Darkest colored squares indicate high linkage disequilibrium (r² = 1); mid colored squares indicate r² values between 0 and 1; lightest colored squares indicate low linkage disequilibrium (r² = 0). Figure depicts the linkage disequilibrium pattern in (A) all HCV-1 infected patients; (B) HCV-1 infected PEG-IFNα-RBV therapy with SVR (+) patients; (C) HCV-1 infected PEG-IFNα-RBV therapy with SVR (−) patients.