Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Test in Monitoring of Dialysis Patients

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 92 patients screened.

Males/females	54/38
Age (mean)	68.6 years
Haemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis	67/25
Caucasian	88
Asiatic/African	2/2
HBsAg-positive/HIV-positive	2/1
Primitive renal disease
Hypertensive nephropathy	31
Diabetes mellitus	26
Polycystic kidneys	9
Chronic glomerulonephritis	12
Tubulointerstitial diseases	6
Other	4
Undetermined	2