Clinical Study
Risk Factors and Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C among Patients Hospitalized at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Table 1
Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population.
| | Characteristic | HIV-Positive Cohort | HIV-Negative Cohort | P Value |
| | Age | | | | | 18–30 | 38.4% (96) | 33.6% (84) | 0.303 | | 31–50 | 56.0% (140) | 38.0% (95) | <0.001 | | >50 | 5.6% (14) | 28.4% (71) | <0.001 | | Gender | | | | | Male | 46.8% (117) | 47.2% (118) | 1.000 | | Female | 53.2% (133) | 52.8% (132) | 1.000 | | Employment | | | | | Teacher | 3.6% (9) | 2.4% (6) | 0.603 | | Farmer | 25.2% (63) | 16.0% (40) | 0.016 | | Fisherman | 0.8% (2) | 1.6% (4) | 0.689 | | Shopkeeper | 10.8% (27) | 8.0% (20) | 0.358 | | Driver | 7.2% (18) | 3.2% (8) | 0.072 | | Student | 1.2% (3) | 10.4% (26) | <0.001 | | Community Worker | 1.6% (4) | 4.0% (10) | 0.177 | | Unemployed | 32.0% (80) | 22.4% (56) | 0.021 | | Other | 26.8% (67) | 25.6% (64) | 0.839 |
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