Table 3.
The analysis of risk factors for Hepatitis C virus infection among families
| Risk factors |
HCV
a
Genome
|
anti-HCV antibody
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | P | A | B | P | |
| Non liver diseases | 27 (14.9) | 11 (20.0) | 0.369 | 19 (14.6) | 19 (17.9) | 0.491 |
| Drug abuse | 23 (12.7) | 18 (32.7) | 0.001 | 17 (13.1) | 24 (22.6) | 0.054 |
| Intravenous drug abuse | 10 (5.5) | 12 (21.8) | <0.001 | 6 (4.6) | 16 (15.1) | 0.006 |
| Alcohol abuse | 27 (14.9) | 13 (23.6) | 0.131 | 19 (14.6) | 21 (19.8) | 0.290 |
| History of incarceration | 12 (6.6) | 13 (23.6) | <0.001 | 8 (6.1) | 17 (16.0) | 0.014 |
| Blood Transfusion | 20 (11.0) | 9 (16.4) | 0.293 | 10 (7.7) | 19 (17.9) | 0.017 |
| Hospitalization with BTb | 9 (5.0) | 2 (3.6) | 0.681 | 5 (3.8) | 6 (5.7) | 0.511 |
| Surgery with BT | 10 (5.5) | 5 (8.1) | 0.342 | 8 (6.1) | 7 (6.6) | 0.888 |
| Dental treatment | 138 (76.2) | 41 (74.5) | 0.797 | 98 (75.4) | 81 (76.4) | 0.854 |
| Unprotected sexual activity | 13 (7.2) | 8 (14.5) | 0.093 | 7 (5.4) | 14 (13.2) | 0.036 |
| Tattoo | 13 (7.2) | 8 (14.5) | 0.096 | 12 (9.2) | 9 (8.6) | 0.860 |
| Acupuncture | 70 (38.7) | 20 (35.4) | 0.757 | 49 (37.7) | 41 (38.7) | 0.877 |
| Sharing food and drink | 119 (65.7) | 39 (70.9) | 0.476 | 82 (63.1) | 76 (71.7) | 0.161 |
| Sharing toothbrush | 4 (2.2) | 2 (3.6) | 0.556 | 4 (3.1) | 2 (1.9) | 0.563 |
| Sharing needle | 9 (5.0) | 8 (14.5) | 0.016 | 7 (5.4) | 10 (9.4) | 0.231 |
| Sharing blade | 11 (6.1) | 9 (16.4) | 0.016 | 8 (6.1) | 12 (11.3) | 0.156 |
| Sharing shave devices | 28 (15.5) | 12 (21.8) | 0.272 | 20 (15.4) | 20 (18.9) | 0.478 |
A: families with one positive person; B: families with more than 1 person positive. P: P value.
a
Hepatitis C virus,
b
Blood Transfusion