Table 4.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations between HCV RNA positivity and socio-economic, demographic, clinical, behavioral, and hospital characteristics factors.

		Unadjusted Model		Adjusted Model †
Variables	N	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age
<44	8803	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
44–54	5991	1.5	1.36, 1.58	1.65	1.51, 1.80
55–64	9744	1.8	1.69, 1.93	1.89	1.75, 2.04
>64	19,164	2.7	2.51, 2.82	2.88	2.67, 3.10
Missing	191	0.2	0.11, 0.25	0.33	0.20, 0.53
Social Economic Status
Category 1	7061	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Category 2	10,957	0.7	0.67, 0.77	0.8	0.74, 0.87
Category 3 or 4 or unknown	12,839	0.7	0.66, 0.76	0.78	0.72, 0.85
Missing	13,036	0.3	0.32, 0.36	0.3	0.27, 0.33
Sex
Female	28,834	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Male	15,059	1.1	1.04, 1.13	1.34	1.27, 1.42
Marital status
Single	1528	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Married or in union	20,191	1.3	1.12, 1.41	0.85	0.75, 0.97
Separated/divorced/widowed	9292	1.5	1.30, 1.66	0.84	0.73, 0.97
Missing	12,882	0.7	0.59, 0.75	1.24	1.04, 1.49
Hepatitis B Ag results
Negative	38,922	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Positive	880	0.5	0.39, 0.55	0.53	0.44, 0.65
Missing	4091	15	13.29, 16.60	109.4	95.49, 125.34
HIV
No	29,622	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Yes	1789	2	1.80, 2.31	2.51	2.20, 2.87
Missing	12,482	0.4	0.42, 0.46	0.49	0.41, 0.58
Hypertension
No	29,048	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Yes	2323	2.3	1.99, 2.54	2.05	1.80, 2.34
Missing	12,522	0.4	0.33, 0.37	0.12	0.11, 0.14
Ever been traditionally operated on
No	25,212	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Yes	6623	1	0.90, 1.02	0.9	0.84, 0.97
Missing	12,058	0.4	0.41, 0.46	0.66	0.45, 0.97
Ever been medically operated on	43,893
No	30,066	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Yes	1853	0.7	0.60, 0.74	0.66	0.58, 0.74
Missing	12,755	0.4	0.41, 0.45	1.67	0.98, 2.83
HBV vaccination status
Partially or fully vaccinated	5635	1	1.00, 1.00	1	1.00, 1.00
Not vaccinated	38,258	0.3	0.29, 0.34	0.49	0.45, 0.53

^† Controlled for transfusion history, family history of viral hepatitis, and diabetes status.