Table 3.
Continuum of HCV Care and Treatment by Socio-Demographic Characteristics.
| Characteristics | HCV positive | Stage 1 HCV RNA testing |
Stage 2 Pretherapeutic evaluation |
Stage 3 Treatment initiation |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups | |||||
| <30 | 36 (5.4) | 11 (3.0) | 3 (1.7) | 2 (2.5) | |
| 30–49 | 116 (17.4) | 74 (20.2) | 34 (18.8) | 18 (22.2) | 0.0003 |
| 50–69 | 408 (61.1) | 248 (67.8) | 130 (72.2) | 57 (70.4) | |
| ≥70 | 108 (16.2) | 33 (9.0) | 13 (7.2) | 4 (4.9) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 315 (47.2) | 170 (46.5) | 87 (48.3) | 52 (64.2) | |
| Female | 353 (52.8) | 196 (53.5) | 93 (51.7) | 29 (35.8) | 0.03 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 88 (13.2) | 43 (11.8) | 16 (8.9) | 5 (6.2) | |
| Married | 433 (64.8) | 259 (70.7) | 141 (78.3) | 68 (83.9) | |
| Divorced | 14 (2.1) | 7 (1.9) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (3.7) | 0.002 |
| Widowed | 133 (19.9) | 57 (15.5) | 22 (12.2) | 5 (6.2) | |
| Care support | |||||
| Personal + familya | 644(96.3) | 346 (94.5) | 166 (92.2) | 66 (81.5) | |
| Insurance | 24 (3.6) | 20 (5.5) | 16 (8.8) | 15 (18.5) | <0.0001 |
| Profession | |||||
| Paid worker | 362 (54.2) | 219 (59.8) | 126 (70.0) | 55 (67.9) | |
| Non-paid worker | 94 (14.1) | 56 (15.3) | 21 (11.7) | 15 (18.5) | 0.0002 |
| Jobless | 212 (31.7) | 91 (24.9) | 33 (18.3) | 11 (13.6) | |
| History of alcohol | |||||
| No | 340 (51.5) | 189 (51.8) | 87 (48.6) | 32 (39.5) | |
| Yes | 322 (48.5) | 176 (48.2) | 92 (51.4) | 49 (60.5) | 0.20 |
| History of smoking | |||||
| No | 605 (91.4) | 327 (89.3) | 160 (88.9) | 68 (83.9) | |
| Yes | 57 (8.6) | 39 (10.7) | 20 (11.1) | 13 (16.1) | 0.16 |
| Diabetes | |||||
| No | 532 (80.2) | 285 (77.9) | 139 (77.2) | 62 (76.5) | |
| Yes | 131 (19.8) | 81 (22.1) | 41 (22.8) | 19 (23.5) | 0.68 |
| Hypertension | |||||
| No | 452 (68.3) | 241 (66.1) | 116 (64.8) | 58 (72.5) | |
| Yes | 210 (31.7) | 124 (33.9) | 63 (35.2) | 22 (27.5) | 0.56 |
a
We combined personal + family because of very small cell count.