Table 3.

Variation in the conditional probabilities for hepatitis C virus infection and cardiovascular disease risk at different age intervals in Canadian adults

Age groups	Conditional probability (%)
	Probability of having HCV	Probability of high CVD risk
30–40	0.66±0.11	0.07±0.05
40–50	0.65±0.11	1.12±0.14
50–60	0.74±0.14	8.18±0.54
60–70	0.80±0.15	22.7±0.57
>70	0.87±0.21	33.8±1.37

CVD, cardiovascular disease; HCV, hepatitis C virus.