Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients testing positive for active BBV infection in the ED.
| BBV | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristic | HIV (n = 70) | HBV (n = 73) | HCV-RNA (n = 156) | |||
| n | %* (95% CI) | n | %* (95% CI) | n | %* (95% CI) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 40 | 57.1 (45.1–68.4) | 51 | 69.9 (58.1–79.5) | 116 | 74.4 (66.8–80.7) |
| Female | 30 | 42.9 (31.6–54.9) | 22 | 30.1 (20.5–41.9) | 40 | 25.6 (19.3–33.2) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 16–29 | 7 | 10.0 (4.8–19.8) | 7 | 9.6 (4.6–19.1) | 13 | 8.3 (4.9–13.9) |
| 30–49 | 38 | 54.3 (42.3–65.8) | 48 | 65.8 (53.9–75.9) | 114 | 73.1 (65.5–79.5) |
| 50–65 | 25 | 35.7 (25.2–47.8) | 18 | 24.6 (15.9–36.1) | 28 | 17.9 (12.6–24.9) |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.6 (0.1–4.5) | ||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White British | 29 | 41.4 (30.3–53.5) | 1 | 1.4 (0.2–9.5) | 137 | 87.8 (81.6–92.1) |
| White other (incl. Irish) | 6 | 8.6 (3.8–18.1) | 29 | 39.7 (29.0–51.6) | 15 | 9.6 (5.8–15.4) |
| Asian British/Asian other | 2 | 2.9 (0.7–11.1) | 15 | 20.5 (12.6–31.6) | 1 | 0.6 (0.1–4.5) |
| Black British/Black other | 32 | 45.7 (34.2–57.7) | 24 | 32.9 (22.9–44.7) | 2 | 1.3 (0.3–5.1) |
| Mixed or other | 1 | 1.4 (0.2–9.9) | 4 | 5.5 (2.0–14.0) | 1 | 0.6 (0.1–4.5) |
*Percentage of individuals within each category calculated using the denominator for each BBV included in the column header.