Clinical Study
Poor Perception of Body Weight Category amongst the Overweight and Obese with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Target for Intervention
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients answering baseline questionnaire.
| | Characteristic | Measured BMI category | | Normal (37%) | Overweight (45%) | Obese
(18%) |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | 22.2 ± 1.9 | 27.2 ± 1.4 | 33.6 ± 3.9 | | Demographic characteristics | | | | | Age (years) | 51.4 ± 11.8 | 53.5 ± 10.9 | 53.0 ± 9.8 | | Gender (male) | 53 (52%) | 83 (67%) | 30 (62%) | | Ethnicity | | | | | Caucasian | 74 (73%) | 88 (72%) | 34 (70%) | | East/South-East Asian | 15 (15%) | 7 (6%) | 1 (2%) | | South Asian | 3 (3%) | 13 (10%) | 6 (13%) | | Other | 9 (9%) | 15 (12%) | 7 (15%) | | Canadian born | 54 (53%) | 64 (52%) | 31 (65%) | | Area of residence (urban) | 77 (76%) | 87 (70%) | 28 (58%) | | Years of education | 13.1 ± 3.64 | 12.8 ± 4.0 | 11.7 ± 3.4 | | Employment (employed) | 51 (51%) | 70 (56%) | 17 (35%) |
| | Clinical Characteristics | | | | | Treatment status | | | | | Naïve | 57 (56%) | 53 (43%) | 17 (35%) | | Nonresponder/relapser | 27 (27%) | 36 (29%) | 19 (40%) | | SVR | 9 (9%) | 25 (20%) | 8 (17%) | | On treatment | 3 (3%) | 5 (4%) | 3 (6%) | | Spontaneous clearance (untreated) | 4 (4%) | 5 (4%) | 1 (2%) | | HCV RNA positive | 88 (87%) | 94 (76%) | 39 (81%) | | Cirrhosis | 31 (31%) | 54 (44%) | 25 (52%) | | Diabetes | 6 (6%) | 14 (11%) | 6 (12%) | | Hypertension | 16 (16%) | 30 (24%) | 13 (27%) | | Hyperlipidemia | 6 (6%) | 11 (9%) | 5 (10%) | | Cardiovascular disease | 4 (4%) | 4 (3%) | 3 (6%) | | Any metabolic disease | 24 (24%) | 41 (33%) | 19 (40%) |
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Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or (%) where appropriate.
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