Table 1.
Characteristics of the subjects (n = 607)
| Healthy (n = 500) n (%) | HBV (n = 54) n (%) | HCV (n = 53) n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 488 (97.6) | 39 (72.2) | 39 (73.6) |
| Female | 12 (2.4) | 15 (27.8) | 14 (26.4) | |
| Nationality | Qatari | 60 (12.0) | 9 (16.7) | 12 (22.6) |
| Non-Qatari | 440 (88.0) | 45 (83.3) | 41 (77.4) | |
| Age (years) | <30 | 122 (24.4) | 22 (40.7) | 9 (17.0) |
| 31–40 | 227 (45.4) | 18 (33.3) | 9 (17.0) | |
| 41–50 | 108 (21.6) | 6 (11.1) | 12 (22.6) | |
| >51 | 43 (8.6) | 8 (14.8) | 23 (43.4) | |
| Age range (Average ± SD) | 13 − 80 (36 ± 10.6) | 19 − 74 (36 ± 9.3) | 13 − 74 (34.9 ± 12.0) | 15 − 80 (45 ± 14.9) |