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. 2016 Apr 17;2016:8987976. doi: 10.1155/2016/8987976

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of HCV infection according to Aboriginal status.

Aboriginal (n = 55) Non-Aboriginal (n = 1923) Total (n = 1978) p value
Mean/% SD Mean/% SD Mean/% SD
Continuous variables
Age 45.6 9.4 49.6 11.2 49.5 11.1 0.010
Weight (kg) 80.1 16.4 78.1 17.7 78.1 17.6 0.437
HCV RNA (IU/mL) 3.87E + 06 1.02E + 07 3.95E + 06 1.37E + 07 3.95E + 06 1.36E + 07 0.967
ALT (IU/L) 97.3 83.7 93.6 99.6 93.7 99.2 0.786
AST (IU/L) 79.1 101.0 67.6 63.7 67.9 65.0 0.206
Fibroscan score 2.4 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.9 1.3 0.227
Biopsy stage (Metavir) 2.2 1.1 2.0 1.1 2.0 1.1 0.287
Biopsy grade (Metavir) 2.0 0.7 1.9 0.7 1.9 0.7 0.563
Fibrosis progression per year 0.151 0.168 0.126 0.254 0.126 0.252 0.625
Number of HCV risk factors 4.2 1.8 3.1 2.1 3.1 2.1 <0.001
Categorical variables
Women 36.4 31.7 31.9 0.466
Genotype 0.437
 1 68.5 65.4 65.5
 2 7.4 8.6 8.5
 3 22.2 18.0 18.1
 4 0.0 5.6 5.5
 5 1.9 2.4 2.4
Four or more HCV risk factors 67.3 45.1 45.7 0.001
Material deprivation (quintile) 0.023
 Least deprived 5.9 25.4 24.8
 2 19.6 20.2 20.2
 3 23.5 16.6 16.8
 4 19.6 15.4 15.5
 Most deprived 31.4 22.4 22.7
Social deprivation (quintile) 0.227
 Least deprived 2.0 9.7 9.5
 2 21.6 14.5 14.7
 3 11.8 13.4 13.4
 4 15.7 19.2 19.1
 Most deprived 49.0 43.1 43.3
Low income neighbourhood 48.1 34.1 34.5 0.032
Poor neighbourhood housing suitability 43.1 32.9 33.2 0.127
Medium/large urban population centre 67.3 75.0 74.8 0.192
Rural area 21.8 14.9 15.1 0.16