Research Article
Risk Factors for Infection with Different Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Southern Brazil
Table 3
Risk factors for genotype 1 and for genotype 3 compared to genotype 2 in patients with HCV infection in the countryside of southern Brazil.
| | RR | 95% CI |
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| Genotype 1 | | | |
| Age | 0.94 | 0.91β0.96 | <0.001 |
| Education | | | | β0β3 years | 2.38 | 0.81β6.57 | 0.095 | β4β11 years | 1.94 | 0.89β4.25 | 0.096 | ββ₯12 years | 1 | | |
| Dental procedure | | | | βYes | 0.37 | 0.19β0.70 | 0.002 | βNo | 1 | | |
| Genotype 3 | | | |
| Age | 0.95 | 0.92β0.97 | <0.001 |
| Education | | | | β0β3 years | 1.98 | 0.69β5.73 | 0.206 | β4β11 years | 2.69 | 1.21β5.98 | 0.016 | ββ₯12 years | 1 | | |
| Dental procedure | | | | βYes | 0.48 | 0.25β0.93 | 0.029 | βNo | 1 | | |
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*Multinomial regression adjusted for age, education, skin color, and dental procedure.
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