Table 1.
Description of demographic and clinical characteristics of hepatitis C virus-infected and uninfected patients.
| Case | Control | ||
| Variable | N = 1555 (33.33%) | N = 3110 (66.67%) | P value† |
| Demographic characteristics, N (%) | |||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 964 (61.99) | 1928 (61.99) | 1.0 |
| Age, yr | |||
| <50 | 198 (12.73) | 396 (12.73) | 1.0 |
| 50–64 | 671 (43.15) | 1342 (43.15) | |
| ≥65 | 686 (44.12) | 1372 (44.12) | |
| Race/Ethnicity∗ | |||
| White | 850 (54.66) | 1700 (54.66) | 1.0 |
| Black/African American | 621 (39.94) | 1242 (39.94) | |
| Other | 84 (5.4) | 168 (5.4) | |
| Current smoker∗ | 347 (23.03) | 343 (11.35) | <.0001 |
| Alcohol use∗ | 471 (32.13) | 864 (29) | .03 |
| Drug use∗ | 195 (13.35) | 254 (8.61) | <.0001 |
| BMI∗ | |||
| ≥30 | 602 (39.09) | 1286 (41.54) | .11 |
| Clinical characteristics, N (%) | |||
| Diabetes | 555 (35.69) | 1013 (32.57) | .03 |
| Hypertension | 1208 (77.68) | 2586 (83.15) | <.0001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 962 (61.86) | 1906 (61.29) | .70 |
| HIV | 8 (0.51) | 13 (0.42) | .64 |
| HCV | 31 (1.99) | 75 (2.41) | .37 |