Research Article
Treatment Outcomes of Hepatitis C-Infected Patients in Specialty Clinic vs. Primary Care Physician Clinic: A Comparative Analysis
Table 1
Demographic values by clinic with the chi-square test or the
-test.
| | Demographic variables | GI clinic () | PCP clinic () | value |
| | Age, average (range) | 60.71 (29-78) | 61.54 (30-87) | 0.27 | | Male sex, (%) | 180 (94.74%) | 182 (98.38%) | 0.05 | | Race, (%) | | | | | (a) Caucasian | 130 (73.00%) | 114 (64.41%) | 0.22 | | (b) African American | 42 (23.60%) | 55 (31.07%) | | | (c) Other | 6 (3.37%) | 8 (4.52%) | | | (d) Unknown | 14 (7.29%) | 8 (4.52%) | | | Cirrhosis, n (%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | | | Comorbidities | | | | | (a) CHF, (%) | 5 (2.63%) | 12 (6.52%) | 0.07 | | (b) HTH, (%) | 123 (64.40%) | 123 (66.85%) | 0.62 | | History of the previous alcohol use, (%) | 178 (94.68%) | 109 (62.29%) | <0.01 | | History of the previous smoking, (%) | 133 (70.74%) | 48 (29.09%) | <0.01 | | History of the previous IVDU, (%) | 115 (61.17%) | 46 (27.38%) | <0.01 |
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Other: Native American and Asian. Abbreviations: GI: gastroenterology; PCP: primary care physician; CHF: congestive heart failure; HTN: hypertension; IVDU: intravenous drug use. |
