Table 3.
Effect of respondent variables on proportion of respondents being in consensus on all four questions related to management of hepatitis C virus infected alcoholic hepatitis patients
| Respondent variable |
Consensus on all four questions related to
management of HCV infected AH patients |
||
| n (%) | P value | OR (95%CI) | |
| Age (yr) | |||
| < 35 | 37 (44) | 1 | |
| 35-44 | 52 (46) | 0.9 (0.5-1.8) | |
| 45-54 | 58 (53) | 0.2 | 1.1 (0.6-3.1) |
| ≥ 55 | 44 (43) | 1.9 (0.5-4.3) | |
| Specialty | |||
| GE | 125 (56) | 1 | |
| HP | 84 (47) | 0.37 | 1.4 (0.97-2.1) |
| Patients (n/yr) | |||
| < 30 | 180 (52) | 1 | |
| ≥ 30 | 22 (49) | 0.29 | 1.1 (0.6-2.1) |
| HCV prevalence | |||
| < 20% | 71 (46) | 0.48 | 0.9 (0.6-1.4) |
| ≥ 20% | 97 (48) | 1 | |
HCV: Hepatitis C virus; GE: Gastroenterology; HP: Hepatology; AH: Alcoholic hepatitis. Also shown are results of logistic regression analysis for each respondent variable given as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).