Table 1.

Characteristics of anti-HEV positive and negative patients in relation to HEV coinfection.

Characteristics	Anti-HEV positive (n = 24)	Anti-HEV negative (n = 300)	P
Age (year)a	58.7 ± 12	53 ± 15.3	NS
Sex (M/F)	15/9	175/125	NS
Incidence of blood transfusion	3.5 ± 6.6	2.5 ± 7	NS
HBV-positive patients	0/24 (0%)	15/300 (5%)	NS
Anti-HCV-positive patients	2/24 (8.3%)	64/300 (21.3%)	NS

HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HD, hemodialysis; NS, not significant.

^aExpressed as the mean ± SD.