Table 2.

Clinical features and susceptibility factors in 135 patients with PCT as related to HCV infection as the target variable.

Clinical features and susceptibility factors	Total studied	Affected	HCV positive	HCV negative	p
	(n)		(percent of those affected)
Sex (M)	135	93	80.7	19.3	0.0001
Alcohol use	128	112	75.0	25.0	<0.0001
Smoking	118	96	80.2	19.8	<0.0001
HIV infection	95	12	33.3	66.7	0.017
Estrogen use	45	29	41.4	58.6	0.75
HFE mutations	89	50	68.0	32.0	0.82
Low erythrocyte UROD	105	18	61.1	39.9	0.58
Diabetes mellitus	104	8	75	25	0.99
Obesity (BMI ≥25)	81	39	66.7	33.3	0.63
Steatosis (liver biopsy)	19	6	83	17	0.31