Table 3.
Risk factor distribution between diabetic and non diabetic HCV seropositive subjects.
| Risk | Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetic type 2 (N = 114) N (%) |
Nondiabetic (N = 247) N (%) |
P value | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age—years | ||||||
| 18–40 | 27 (23.7) | 100 (40.5) | 0.002* | 1 | 1.34, 4.39 | 0.003* |
| ≥40 | 87 (76.3) | 147 (59.5) | 2.42 | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 51 (44.7) | 120 (48.6) | 0.49 | 1 | 0.57, 1.58 | 0.84 |
| Male | 63 (55.3) | 127 (51.4) | 0.95 | |||
| Weight—kg | ||||||
| <70 | 65 (57.0) | 167 (67.6) | 0.05 | 1 | 1.23, 4.93 | 0.01* |
| ≥70 | 49 (42.9) | 80 (32.4) | 2.47 | |||
| BMI—kg/m2 | ||||||
| <27 | 55 (48.3) | 121 (48.9) | 0.89 | 1 | 0.29, 1.10 | 0.09 |
| ≥27 | 59 (51.7) | 126 (51.0) | 0.56 | |||
| Family history of diabetes | ||||||
| No | 60 (52.6) | 192 (77.7) | <0.001* | 1 | 0.15, 0.43 | <0.001* |
| Yes | 55 (48.4) | 55 (22.3) | 0.25 | |||
| HCV genotype | ||||||
| Other genotypes† | 6 (5.26) | 44 (17.8) | 0.001* | 1 | 1.57, 10.13 | 0.003* |
| Genotype 3 | 108 (94.7) | 203 (82.2) | 3.99 | |||
| Disease status | ||||||
| Noncirrhotic | 33 (28.9) | 117 (47.3) | 0.001* | 1 | 1.15, 3.43 | 0.01* |
| Cirrhotic | 81 (71.0) | 130 (52.7) | 2.005 | |||
*Statistically significant P value < 0.05.
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; BMI: body mass index.
†Other genotypes: genotype 1, genotype 2, and genotype 4.