Table 5.

Proportion of patients with high blood sugar levels in HCV-positive and -negative thalassemia cases

			HCV		Total	Odds ratio	CI
			Positive	Negative
FBS Result	DM	Count	34	20	54	1.426	0.6672, 3.047
		%	52.3%	43.5%	48.6%
	Normal	Count	31	26	57
		%	47.7%	56.5%	51.4%
Total		Count	65	46	111
		%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Chi square=0.841, P=0.359

CI: confidence interval