Table 1.
Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics and laboratory data of 81 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic | |
| Age (years)a | 50.6 ± 11.3 |
| Gender (male) | 43 (53.1) |
| Years of educationa | 8.4 ± 4.7 |
| Ethnicity (non-white) | 44 (54.3) |
| Marital status (married) | 43 (53.1) |
| Currently employed | 35 (43.2) |
| Main HCV transmission mode | |
| Blood transfusion | 24 (29.6) |
| Intravenous drug use | 18 (22.2) |
| Tattoo or piercing | 14 (17.3) |
| Needle stick injury | 3 (3.7) |
| Sex | 3 (3.7) |
| Clinical and laboratory data | |
| Years since HCV diagnosisa | 5.9 ± 4.4 |
| Viral genotype 1 | 63 (77.8) |
| METAVIR A ≥ 2 | 35 (48.6) |
| METAVIR F ≥ 2 | 43 (59.7) |
| ALT (IU/L)a | 63.5 ± 65.4 |
| Cirrhosis | 6 (7.4) |
| Comorbidity | 42 (51.9) |
| Hypertension | 36 (44.4) |
| Diabetes | 8 (9.9) |
| Other comorbidities | 16 (19.8) |
ALT, alanine aminotransferase.
a
Mean ± standard deviation.