Research Article
Risk Factors for Infection with Different Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Southern Brazil
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of hepatitis C virus infected patients according to genotype.
| | Characteristics |
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| Genotype 1 | Genotype 2 | Genotype 3 | value | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Male | 249 | 116 (46.6) | 40 (16.1) | 93 (37.3) |
0.028 | | Female | 192 | 67 (34.9) | 45 (23.4) | 80 (41.7) |
| | White color | 389 | 152 (39.1) | 81 (20.8) | 156 (40.1) |
0.012 | | Nonwhite color | 38 | 24 (63.1) | 3 (7.9) | 11 (28.9) |
| | Education | | | | |
0.079 | | β0β3 years | 54 | 24 (44.4) | 14 (25.9) | 16 (29.6) | | β4β11 years | 220 | 89 (40.5) | 38 (17.3) | 93 (42.3) | | βCollege | 57 | 22 (38.6) | 18 (31.6) | 17 (29.8) |
| | Age |
441 | | | |
<0.001 | | β18β40 years | 79 (51.1) | 18 (11.6) | 58 (37.4) | | β>40β60 years | 92 (39.9) | 51 (21.6) | 93 (39.4) | | β>60 years | 12 (24.0) | 16 (32.0) | 22 (44.0) |
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