Table 1: Characteristics of the 16 centres included in the Canadian Co-infection Cohort.
| Centre | Province | Care | Patients with HIV–HCV coinfection | No. (proportion) included in the study | Median duration of HCV, yr |
Addiction services available |
Transient elastography available |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Followed at centre | Enrolled in cohort as of July 2012 | Included in the study | Female | Aboriginal | Injection drug use* | ||||||
| Montreal Chest Institute | QC | Tertiary | 180 | 169 | 133 | 33 (0.25) | 3 (0.02) | 56 (0.42) | 16 | Y | Y |
| Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal | QC | Tertiary | 200 | 189 | 104 | 16 (0.15) | 0 (0.00) | 81 (0.78) | 20 | Y | Y |
| Montreal General Hospital | QC | Tertiary | 65 | 51 | 38 | 9 (0.24) | 0 (0.00) | 10 (0.26) | 19 | N | N |
| Clinique du Quartier Latin | QC | Primary | 100 | 14 | 7 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (0.43) | 17 | N | Y |
| Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre | BC | Primary | 200 | 146 | 86 | 15 (0.17) | 28 (0.33) | 70 (0.81) | 18 | Y | Y |
| St. Paul’s Hospital | BC | Tertiary | 200 | 65 | 40 | 5 (0.13) | 5 (0.13) | 40 (0.63) | 15 | Y | Y |
| Native Health Clinic | BC | Primary | 200 | 63 | 40 | 16 (0.40) | 18 (0.45) | 40 (1.00) | 24 | Y | Y |
| Oak Tree Clinic | BC | Tertiary | 80 | 71 | 35 | 34 (0.97) | 18 (0.51) | 32 (0.91) | 17 | Y | Y |
| Southern Alberta HIV Clinic | AB | Tertiary | 80 | 47 | 28 | 7 (0.25) | 4 (0.14) | 23 (0.82) | 18 | Y | Y |
| Sudbury Regional Hospital | ON | Primary | 80 | 72 | 45 | 19 (0.42) | 15 (0.33) | 41 (0.91) | 17 | Y | Y |
| Hamilton Health Sciences | ON | Primary | 100 | 33 | 16 | 3 (0.19) | 2 (0.13) | 12 (0.75) | 22 | N | Y |
| Toronto General Hospital | ON | Tertiary | 100 | 74 | 45 | 5 (0.11) | 2 (0.04) | 15 (0.33) | 9 | N | Y |
| Windsor Regional Hospital | ON | Primary | 40 | 22 | 12 | 1 (0.08) | 2 (0.17) | 11 (0.92) | 21 | Y | N |
| The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus | ON | Tertiary | 350 | 63 | 37 | 10 (0.27) | 4 (0.11) | 29 (0.78) | 9 | Y | N |
| Sunnybrook Hospital | ON | Tertiary | 55 | 19 | 12 | 1 (0.08) | 0 (0.00) | 7 (0.58) | 18 | N | N |
| Capital District Health Authority | NS | Tertiary | 60 | 11 | 3 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.67) | 32 | Y | N |
Note: HCV = hepatitis C virus, QC = Quebec, BC = British Columbia, AB = Alberta, ON = Ontario, N = no, NS = Nova Scotia, Y = yes. *At cohort enrolment.