Table 1.

Epidemiological features of the study population in patients with diabetes and control group n (%)

	Diabetes patients (n = 1269)	Control group (n = 1315)	P
Gender
Female	817 (64.4)	890 (67.6)	0.06
Age
Mean age (yr)	55.6	46.9	< 10-3
Risk factors of HCV
Transfusion	157 (12.5)	185 (14.2)	0.2
History of surgery	592 (46.8)	551 (42.1)	0.01
Drug addiction	2 (0.2)	7 (0.5)	0.17
Scarification	247 (19.8)	301 (23.1)	0.04
Endoscopic investigation	276 (21.9)	308(23.6)	0.30
Alcoholism	164 (13)	178 (13.6)	0.65
History of hospitalization	875 (69.3)	785 (59.9)	< 10-3
Anti-HCV antibodies (+)	17 (1.3)	8 (0.6)	0.057