Table 1. Population characteristics of the study cohort and the seroprevalence rate of HCV among HIV-infected people from various risk groups in Henan and Guangxi.
| Infection routes | N | Age (years) [Mean±SD (Range)] | Male gender (%) | Anti-HCV positive (%) | ||||
| Henan | Guangxi | Henan | Guangxi | Henan | Guangxi | Henan | Guangxi | |
| FBDs | 187 | 44.88±7.98 (27–68) | 104 (55.6) | 163 (87.2) | ||||
| Transfusion exposure | 33 | 41.76±15.04 (17–83) | 13 (39.4) | 19 (57.6) | ||||
| Sexual contact | 150 | 512 | 37.46±9.65 (18–68) | 41.50±12.94 (20∼73) | 86 (57.3) | 335 (65.4) | 28 (18.7) | 18 (3.5) |
| IDUs | 1 | 55 | 25 (25) | 36.80±6.53 (27∼54) | 47 (85.5) | 1 (100) | 45 (81.8) | |
| Sexual contact and IDUs | 3 | 35.00±5.20 (29∼38) | 2 (66.7) | 3 (100) | ||||
| Perinatal exposure | 51 | 8.96±3.64 (1–17) | 30 (58.8) | 3 (5.9) | ||||
| Unknown | 13 | 107 | 42.60±17.88 (17–69) | 49.29±17.48 (19–81) | 8 (61.5) | 68 (63.6) | 4 (30.8) | 15 (14.0) |
| Total | 435 | 677 | 37.7±14.4 (1–83) | 42.3±13.8 (19–81) | 241 (55.4) | 452 (66.8) | 218 (50.1) | 81 (12.0) |