Table 1.
Aboriginal (n = 55) | Non-Aboriginal (n = 1923) | Total (n = 1978) | p value | ||||
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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 |