IFNL3 and cryohydrocytosis: 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).