Hepatitis C Seroconversion Remains High among Patients with Regular Hemodialysis: Study of Associated Risk Factors

Table 1

Characteristic of patients.

Characteristics	Total sample ()
Gender (n, %)
Male	206 (60.9%)
Female	132 (39.1%)
Age (mean yr, ± SD)	(20-83)
Anti-HCV (n, %)
Reactive	94 (28.2%)
Nonreactive	244 (72.2%)
Diabetes mellitus (n, %)
Yes	60 (17.8%)
No	278 (82.2%)
Hepatitis B infection (n, %)
Yes	10 (3.0%)
No	328 (97.0%)
HIV infection
Yes	0 (0.0%)
No	100 (100%)
Duration of HD (mean month, ± SD)	(6-98)
Vascular access (n, %)
AV fistula	261 (77.2%)
Catheter double lumen	77 (22.8%)
Dialyzer reuse (n, %)
Yes	192 (56.8%)
No	146 (43.2%)
History of transfusion (n, %)
Yes	151 (44.7%)
No	187 (55.3%)
History of surgery (n, %)
Yes	1 (0.3%)
No	337 (99.7%)