Table 3. Predictors of hepatic encephalopathy in chronic hepatitis C inpatients.

HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval		P value
		Lower	Upper
Age at admission
15 – 24 years	<0.001	<0.001	-	0.999
25 – 34 years	<0.001	<0.001	-	0.990
35 – 44 years	1.072	0.772	1.489	0.678
45 – 54 years	Reference
Sex
Male	1.387	1.094	1.760	0.007
Female	Reference
Race
Caucasian	Reference
African American	1.709	1.293	2.259	<0.001
Hispanic	0.492	0.356	0.679	<0.001
Other	0.459	0.247	0.851	0.013
Median household income, in percentile
Below 50th	Reference
Above 50th	1.508	1.218	1.868	<0.001
Comorbid risk factors
No comorbid risk factor	Reference
HIV/AIDS	1.044	0.538	2.023	0.899
Hepatitis B	0.489	0.201	1.188	0.114
Alcohol use disorder	0.804	0.642	1.006	0.057
Cannabis use disorder	2.374	1.575	3.579	<0.001
Diabetes	0.983	0.766	1.262	0.893
Obesity	0.691	0.457	1.043	0.079