Table 2. Age- and sex- distributions in patients with CHB.
| Age group (years) | Non-cirrhotic CHB n (%) |
Cirrhotic CHB n (%) |
Prevalence of cirrhosis#(%) |
Prevalence Difference† (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | In female | In male | ||
| 15–29 | 2778 (19.1) | 923 (21.9) | 1855 (18.0) | 89 (2.7) | 17 (1.9) | 72 (3.0) | 1.81 | 3.73 | −1.93 (−2.78, −1.08) |
| 30–39 | 4249 (29.3) | 1105 (26.2) | 3144 (30.6) | 418 (12.7) | 76 (8.6) | 342 (14.2) | 6.44 | 9.81 | −3.38 (−4.68, −2.07) |
| 40–49 | 3809 (26.3) | 903 (21.4) | 2906 (28.2) | 911 (27.6) | 167 (18.8) | 744 (30.8) | 15.61 | 20.38 | −4.78 (−6.79, −2.77) |
| 50–59 | 2223 (15.3) | 748 (17.7) | 1475 (14.3) | 1074 (32.5) | 306 (34.5) | 768 (31.8) | 29.03 | 34.24 | −5.21 (−7.73, −2.69) |
| 60–69 | 1023 (7.1) | 391 (9.3) | 632 (6.1) | 614 (18.6) | 233 (26.3) | 381 (15.8) | 37.34 | 37.61 | −0.27 (−3.78, 3.24) |
| ≥70 | 426 (2.9) | 148 (3.5) | 278 (2.7) | 195 (5.9) | 88 (9.9) | 107 (4.4) | 37.29 | 27.79 | 9.50 (3.91, 15.08) |
| Total | 14,508 (100%) | 4218 (100%) | 10,290 (100%) | 3301 (100%) | 887 (100%) | 2414 (100%) | 17.38 | 19.00 | −1.63 (−2.58, −0.68) |
†Prevalence Difference, prevalence of cirrhosis in females minus that in males within each age group; CI, confidence interval.
#Prevalence of cirrhosis was calculated by dividing the number of cirrhotic CHB by total number of CHB stratified by sex in each age group.