At baseline, the variables including male sex, levels of ALT and TG, HOMA-IR, Fe/TIBC and CC genotype of IFNL3-rs12979860 were positively associated, while levels of eGFR and hemoglobin were negatively associated with ferritin levels among the 1194 CHC patients (Table 2). This evidence concerns the gene GPT and cryohydrocytosis.