Table 1. Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics.

Variables	HCV-control	HCV-PTSD
	(99 subjects)	(28 subjects)	p value
Gender
Male N (%)	68 (68.70)	14 (50.00)
Female N (%)	31 (31.31)	14 (50.00)	0.06*
Age Mean (SD)	53 (8.80)	52 (9.27)	0.57**
Civil state
Single N (%)	21 (21.21)	5 (17.86)
With stable partner N (%)	64 (64.65)	15 (53.57)
Divorced N (%)	12 (12.12)	4 (14.29)	0.03*
Widower N (%)	1 (1.01)	4 (14.29)
Paid occupation
Without N (%)	16 (16.67)	5 (17.86)
With N (%)	67 (69.79)	21 (75.00)
Retired N (%)	13 (13.54)	2 (7.14)	0.66*
Transplant eligibility
No N (%)	50 (50.10)	22 (78.57)	0.08*
Yes N (%)	49 (49.90)	6 (21.43)
Medical comorbidity
No N (%)	47 (47.47)	16 (57.14)	0.36*
Yes N (%)	52 (52.53)	12 (42.86)
Number of medical comorbidities Mean (SD)	0.65 (0.74)	0.75 (1.04)	0.84**
Psychiatric comorbidity
No N (%)	48 (48.48)	8 (28.57)	0.06*
Yes N (%)	51 (51.52)	20 (71.43)
Number of Psychiatric Comorbidities Mean (SD)	0.79 (1.02)	1.68 (1.56)	0.00**

SD  =  Standard Deviation;

* χ² Test;

** Kruskall-Wallis Test.