Table 2.

Baseline characteristics and risk factors associated with Anti-HCV positivity

Characteristics	HCV positive subjects		HCV negative subjects
	N	%	N	%
Samples tested	8751	21.99	31029	78
Age, mean (SE), years	49.5	-	47.4	-
≤ 40	(2.73)	23.0	(1.9)	44.5
> 40	2015 6736*	76.97	13824 17205	55.4
Gender
Male	5876*	67.14	16095	51.87
Female	2875	32.85	14934	48.12
Marital status
Unmarried	484	5.53	14119	45.5
Married	7289*	83.29	15866	51.13
Divorced/widowed	978	11.17	1044	3.37
Education
None	835	9.54	1156	3.72
Primary	7525*	85.99	15400	49.63
> Primary	390	4.45	14473	46.64
Risk factors
Blood donor
No	6794	77.64	18484	59.57
Yes	1957	22.36	12545	40.42
Injection drug user
No	2383	27.23	30291	97.62
Yes	6368*	72.76	738	2.37
Sexual behavioursa
Heterosexual	390	4.45	19	0.06
Others (homosexual, bisexual)	36	0.41	12	0.03
None	8325	95.13	30998	99.90

Data are number (N), percentage (%) or mean (standard error).

^*P < 0.05

^aSelf-reported extra-marital.