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. 2015 Feb 27;15:192. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1532-9

Table 3.

Association between hemodialysis treatment and HCV and HBV infections

Risk factor HCV (mean ± SD) HBV (mean ± SD)
Positive (N = 8) Negative (N = 105) P b Positive (N = 9) Negative (N = 104) P b
Frequency of hemodialysis treatments (days) 949.4 ± 998.5 348 ± 405.5 0.029 366.1 ± 251.9 392.7 ± 504.9 0.284
Duration of hemodialysis (months) 80.1 ± 82.6 32.6 ± 37.2 0.068 32 ± 20 36.3 ± 44.6 0.351

bMann-Whitney U test.