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. 2011 Jan 21;6(1):e16349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016349

Table 4. Comparison of co-infection and triple infection between the Chinese IDUs and the Burmese male IDUs.

Parameter HIV-HBV HIV-HCV HBV-HCV HIV-HBV-HCV
ChineseIDUs BurmeseIDUs P ChineseIDUs Burmese IDUs P ChineseIDUs Burmese IDUs P ChineseIDUs Burmese IDUs P
Age (Mean±SD) 34.6±7.5 30.6±7.0 <0.01 33.7±7.9 30.6±6.7 <0.01 34.9±9.0 31.6±7.2 <0.01 34.7±7.5 30.8±6.1 <0.05
MaleGendera 78/399(19.5%) 36/279(12.9%) <0.05 127/399(31.8%) 74/279(26.5%) NS 147/399(36.8%) 72/279(25.8%) <0.005 74/399(18.5%) 33/279(11.8%) <0.05
Ethnicity
Hanb 26/166(15.7%) 7/82(8.5%) NS 46/166(27.7%) 15/82(18.3%) NS 51/166(30.7%) 16/82(19.5%) NS 25/166(15.1%) 6/82(7.3%) NS
Daic 42/168(25%) 4/44(9.1%) <0.05 54/168(32.1%) 7/44(15.9%) <0.05 74/168(44.0%) 9/44(20.5%) <0.005 39/168(23.2%) 3/44(6.8%) <0.001
Jingpod 12/53(22.6%) 15/138(10.9%) <0.05 24/53(45.3%) 39/138(28.3%) <0.05 19/53(35.8%) 34/138(24.6%) NS 12/53(22.6%) 14/138(10.1%) NS

IDUs, intravenous drug users; NS, not significant.

a

Infected male gender versus total male gender.

b

Infected Han group versus total Han group.

c

Infected Dai group versus total Dai group.

d

Infected Jingpo group versus total Jingpo group.