Research Article

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infection among General Population in Central Region of Yemen

Table 2

HCV Abs positivity in association with sex and age.

Age group (years)MaleFemale
n/N %*n/N %

≤1400/1390000/11500
15–2200/352005/5320.94
23–301/1710.595/4341.15
31–383/734.11/1970.51
39–4600/45001/1310.76
47–5400/27006/5610.7
≥553/486.36/5910.2

n: number of infected persons in each mentioned age group. N: total number of age group. %*: the percentage of HCV infection was calculated in relation to total number of persons in each age group not to total number of persons in the study sample.