Table 4.
Total and familial effects of conclusive socioeconomic and education states on the number (%) of the Hepatitis C virus transmission, based on virus genome and anti-Hepatitis C virus antibody detection
| Variable |
Total positive cases
|
Familial
comparison
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (PCR) |
P | B (serology) |
P | C (Unaffected family) |
P | D (Affected family) |
P | |
| CSESa | 0.002 | 0.013 | 0.298 | 0.019 | ||||
| Low | 10 (22.2) | 10 (18.9) | 16 (8.8) | 6 (5.7) | ||||
| Middle | 24 (53.3) | 30 (56.6) | 117 (64.6) | 81 (76.4) | ||||
| High | 11 (24.4) | 13 (24.5) | 48 (26.5) | 19 (17.9) | ||||
| Education | 0.449 | 0.646 | 0.103 | 0.328 | ||||
| Illiterate | 5 (11.1) | 5 (9.4) | 7 (13) | 11 (10.5) | ||||
| Elementary education | 4 (8.9) | 5 (9.4) | 5 (9.3) | 16 (15.2) | ||||
| Secondary education | 17 (37.8) | 18 (34.0) | 20 (37.0) | 29 (27.6) | ||||
| High school education | 4 (8.9) | 6 (11.3) | 9 (16.7) | 13 (12.4) | ||||
| Diploma | 12 (26.6) | 15 (28.3) | 7 (13.0) | 20 (19.0) | ||||
| Associate degree | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Bachelor and higher | 3 (6.7) | 4 (7.5) | 6 (11.1) | 15 (14.3) | ||||
| Religious degrees | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | ||||
A: Hepatitis C RNA positive; B: anti-Hepatitis C virus antibody positive; C: Family with only one hepatitis C virus genome positive; D, Family with more than one infected person.
a
Conclusive socioeconomic state.