Table 3.
Characteristics of the HCV RNA positive sample population according to their genotypes
| HCV Genotypes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Characteristic |
1 (n = 6) N % |
3(n = 16) N % |
4 (n = 5) N % |
| Demographic | |||
| • Age (in years) | 44 ± 9 | 40 ± 13 | 38 ± 10 |
| - Mean ± st dev | 40 (36-60) | 37 (21-67) | 35 (26-51) |
| - Median (min-max) | |||
| • Marital Status | |||
| - Married | 3 (50%) | 5 (31%) | 2 (40%) |
| - Divorced | 1 (17%) | 1 (6%) | 2 (40%) |
| - Separated | 0 (0%) | 3 (19%) | 0 (0%) |
| - Single | 2 (33%) | 7 (44%) | 1 (20%) |
| • Lebanese Nationality | 4 (67%) | 16 (100%) | 5 (100%) |
| Injecting Risk Behavior | |||
| • Ever sharing injecting equipments | 3 (50%) | 5 (31%) | 4 (80%) |
| • Age first injecting drug use | |||
| - Mean ± st dev | 31 ± 16 | 29 ± 10 | 25 ± 13 |
| - Median (min-max) | 28 (17-59) | 26 (14-52) | 20 (17-47) |
| Ever Imprisonment | 6 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 5 (100%) |
| Injecting while in prison | 1 (17%) | 2 (13%) | 1 (20%) |
| Tattoo | 4 (67%) | 14 (88%) | 5 (100%) |