IFNL3 and Cirrhosis: Baseline characteristics were generally balanced between treatment arms and between HCV genotype groups, although there was a slightly higher incidence of cirrhosis among patients with genotype 3 (9 %) than genotype 2 (6 %), and a smaller proportion of patients with genotype 3 (46 %) than genotype 2 (60 %) had an IL28B CC genotype (rs12979860).