Table 3.

Seroprevalence of HCV according to the demographic, clinical and biological characteristics of diabetic patients

Characteristics	Total(149)	VHC+(37)	%(24,8)	p value
Age (year)				0,002*
<20	4	0	0
20-29	4	0	0
30-39	9	0	0
40-49	27	1	3,7
≥50	105	36	34,3
Sex				0,603
Female	63	17	27
Male	86	20	23,3
Duration of diabetes millitus				0,081
<5
5-10	83	16	19,3
≥10	43	16	37,2
	23	5	21,7
Type of diabetes				0,006*
Type 1	30	2	6,7
Type 2	119	35	29,4
History of blood transfusion				0,069
Yes	10	5	50
No	139	32	23
History of surgical operation				0,204
Yes	54	16	29,6
No	95	21	22,1
Scarification
Yes	67	16	23,9	0,48
No	82	21	25,6
Blood exposure accident				0,423
Yes	28	6	21,4
No	121	31	25,6

^*Significant difference