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|
Association of Diabetes
Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
|
table 3.
Characteristics of Diabetic Cohort
Assessed by EIA II for Anti-HCV Status |
|
|
Clinical Features
|
Anti-HCV Status
|
P
|
| Negative
(n = 569) |
Positive (n = 25)
|
|
| Mean age (yr) (SD) |
62 (14) |
59 (15) |
.37* |
| Sex (%) |
| Female |
260 (46) |
13 (52) |
.54 |
| Male |
309 (54) |
12 (48) |
Race origin (%) |
| White |
371 (70) |
12 (50) |
.26 |
| African |
149 (26) |
11 (46) |
| Asian |
14 (3) |
1 (4) |
| Hispanic |
4 (1) |
0 (0) |
| Liver function tests
(%) |
| None available |
32 (6) |
1 (4) |
<.0001 |
| Always normal |
335 (59) |
8 (32) |
| Intermittently
abnormal |
173 (30) |
8 (32) |
| Always abnormal |
29 (5) |
8 (32) |
|
*
t test.
The discrepancy in numbers compared with
total population size is due to records
without data on race. |
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