Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Seropositivity and Its Impact on Coronary Artery Disease among Egyptian Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the HCV-positive and HCV-negative groups.

Variable	Group 1A HCV positive ()	Group 1B HCV negative ()	value
Age (years)	54.08 ± 8.37	53.52 ± 8.37	0.556
Gender
(i) Male (%)	66 (55.9%)	129 (57.1%)	0.838
(ii) Female (%)	52 (44.1%)	97 (42.9%)
Risk factors
(i) DM	41 (34.7%)	134 (59.3%)	<0.0001
(ii) HTN	63 (53.4%)	167 (73.9%)	<0.0001
(iii) Dyslipidemia	80 (67.8%)	149 (65.9%)	0.727
(iv) Smokers	45 (38.1%)	108 (47.8%)	0.087
(v) Positive family history	29 (24.6%)	52 (23%)	0.745

CAD = coronary artery disease, = number, = mean, SD = standard deviation, DM = diabetes mellitus, HTN = hypertension, and EF = ejection fraction.