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

Table 3

Clinical presentation and echocardiographic and angiographic characteristics of HCV positive and HCV negative groups.

Variable	Group 1A HCV positive ()	Group 1B HCV negative ()	value
Clinical presentation
(i) Stress positive test (%)	5 (4.2%)	10 (4.4%)	0.984
(ii) Unstable angina (%)	45 (38.1%)	84 (37.2%)
(iii) NSTEMI (%)	27 (22.9%)	49 (21.7%)
(iv) STEMI (%)	41 (34.7%)	83 (36.7%)
Echocardiographic data
EF (%)	55.32 ± 10.31	55.24 ± 9.85	0.95
Angiographic data
Gensini score	65.78 ± 7.81	57.42 ± 32.14	0.01

NSTEMI = non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI = ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, = number, = mean, SD = standard deviation, and EF = ejection fraction.