Research Article

HBV and HCV Coinfection among HIV/AIDS Patients in the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Vietnam

Table 1

Demographic, risk behaviors, and clinical stage at baseline of the studied population ().

Overall sample 
(%)
HBV infectionHCV infectionHBV/HCV infection
Number of pos (%)Number of pos (%)Number of pos (%)

Demographic
 Age group (years)
  <30168 (23.2)11 (6.5)0.7032 (19.0)<0.00110 (6.0)0.23
  30–39375 (51.8)32 (8.5)189 (50.4)30 (8.0)
  40–49116 (16.0)11 (9.5)24 (20.7)6 (5.2)
  ≥5065 (9.0)7 (10.8)11 (16.9)1 (1.5)
 Sex
  Male465 (64.2)34 (7.3)0.15234 (50.3)<0.00144 (9.5)<0.001
  Female259 (35.8)27 (10.4)22 (8.5)3 (1.2)
 Marital status
  Never married98 (13.5)45 (45.5)<0.00169 (70.4)<0.00110 (10.2)<0.04
  Currently married543 (75.0)14 (2.6)182 (33.5)36 (6.6)
  Divorced/widowed83 (11.5)2 (2.4)5 (6.0)1 (1.2)
 Geographic Domicile
  Hanoi296 (40.9)18 (6.1)0.0691 (30.7)0.1316 (5.4)0.32
  Other provinces428 (59.1)43 (10.0)155 (36.2)31 (7.2)
Risk factor associated
 Injection drug used443 (61.2)18 (4.0)<0.001195 (44.0)<0.00124 (5.0)<0.001
 Sexual intercourse165 (22.8)43 (26.0)46 (27.9)5 (3.0)
 Mixed116 (16.0)0 (0)15 (11.2)18 (15.5)
Clinical stage classification
 Stage 1262 (27.6)23 (8.8)0.2747 (17.9)<0.00114 (5.3)<0.001
 Stage 2132 (18.2)16 (12.1)63 (47.7)9 (6.8)
 Stage 374 (10.2)6 (8.1)31 (41.9)12 (16.2)
 Stage 4256 (35.4)16 (6.2)115 (44.9)12 (4.7)