Table 2.
Frequency distribution of HCV risk factors between diabetic and non diabetic controls at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, July 2010.
| Diabetes (N = 304) |
Non diabetes (N = 300) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCV +ve Frequency (%) |
HCV −ve Frequency (%) |
P value | HCV +ve Frequency (%) |
HCV –ve. Frequency (%) | P value | |
| Ear piercing | ||||||
| Yes | 9 (2.96) |
100 (32.89) | 0.48 | 6 (2.0) | 133 (44.33) |
0.38 |
| No | 21 (6.9) | 174 (57.2) | 4 (1.3) | 157 (52.33) | ||
| Tattoo | ||||||
| Yes | 6 (1.97) |
33 (10.85) | 0.22 | 1 | 37 (12.3) |
0.797 |
| No | 24 (7.89) | 241 (79.276) | 9 (3.0) | 253 (84.3) | ||
| Tooth extraction | ||||||
| Yes | 11 (3.62) |
113 (37.17) | 0.629 | 2 (0.66) | 55 (18.3) |
0.94 |
| No | 19 (6.25) | 161 (52.96) | 8 (2.6) | 235 (78.3) | ||
| Hospital admission | ||||||
| Yes | 16 (5.26) |
175 (57.56) | 0.26 | 0 (0) |
6 (2) | NA |
| No | 14 (4.6) | 99 (32.56) | 10 (3.3) | 284 (94.6) | NA | |
| Contact with jaundiced. | ||||||
| Yes | 4 (1.32) |
20 (6.58) | 0.252 | 0 (0) | 6 (2) | NA |
| No | 26 (8.55) | 254 (83.55) | 10 (3.3) | 284 (94.6) | NA | |
| Body piercing | ||||||
| Yes | 4 (1.32) | 15 (4.93) | 0.103 | 0 | 9 (3) | NA |
| No | 26 (8.55) | 259 (85.2) | 10 (3.3) | 281 (93.6) | NA | |
| Blood transfusion | ||||||
| Yes | 0 | 2 (0.7) | NA | 0 | 0 | NA |
| No | 30 (9.9) | 272 (89.5) | NA | 10 (3.3) | 290 | NA |
NA: not applicable.