Table 2.
HCV prevalence and HBV coinfection in Phetchabun Province
| District | Number of samples | Anti–HCV-positive (%) | HCV RNA positive (%) | HBVsAg positive (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total* | Men | Women | Total | Anti-HCV† | HCV RNA | |
| 1 | 270 | 789 | 1,059 | 61 (22.6) | 31 (3.9) | 92 (8.7%) | 53 (69.7) | 23 (30.3) | 76 (82.6) | 5 (5.4) | 4 (5.3) |
| 2 | 136 | 220 | 356 | 10 (7.4) | 6 (2.7) | 16 (4.5) | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 11 (68.8) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (9.1) |
| 3 | 361 | 430 | 791 | 105 (29.1) | 18 (4.2) | 123 (15.5) | 85 (87.6) | 12 (12.4) | 97 (77.2) | 8 (6.5) | 4 (4.1) |
| 4 | 75 | 228 | 303 | 17 (22.7) | 10 (4.4) | 27 (8.9) | 16 (69.6) | 7 (30.4) | 23 (85.2) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| 5 | 172 | 428 | 600 | 8 (4.7) | 6 (1.4) | 14 (2.3) | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 9 (64.3) | 2 (14.2) | 1 (11.1) |
| 6 | 83 | 256 | 339 | 1 (1.2) | 4 (1.6) | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 7 | 146 | 400 | 546 | 17 (11.6) | 8 (2.0) | 25 (4.6) | 12 (75.0) | 4 (25.0) | 16 (64.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 8 | 106 | 243 | 349 | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 9 | 28 | 61 | 89 | 3 (10.7) | 3 (4.9) | 6 (6.7) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 10 | 36 | 147 | 183 | 1 (2.8) | 4 (2.7) | 5 (2.7) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 11 | 53 | 101 | 154 | 9 (17.0) | 2 (2.0) | 11 (7.1) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | 9 (81.8) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Total | 1,466 | 3,303 | 4,769 | 233 (15.9) | 94 (2.8) | 327 (6.9) | 190 (76.6) | 58 (23.4) | 248 (75.8) | 19 (5.8)‡ | 10 (4.0)§ |
HBV = hepatitis B virus; HCV = hepatitis C virus.
*
P-value < 0.001 (categorical analysis).
†
P-value = 0.778 (categorical analysis).
‡
Percentage calculated based on anti–HCV-positive sample (N = 327).
§
Percentage calculated based on HCV RNA-positive sample (N = 248).