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Table 3 HCV positivity by age and number of births, separately for Mongolia, Pakistan and China

From: Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence in the general female population of 9 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa

 

Mongolia

Pakistan

China

Risk factor

N tested

HCV positive

N (%)

Adjusted PRa

and 95% CI

N tested

HCV positive

N (%)

Adjusted PRa

and 95% CI

N tested

HCV positive

N (%)

Adjusted PRa

and 95% CI

Age

1,075

  

963

  

3,445

  

 <35

511

55 (10.8)

1

479

7 (1.5)

1

1,915

5 (0.3)

1

 35-44

289

54 (18.7)

1.74 (1.23-2.45)

254

12 (4.7)

3.23 (1.29-8.11)

755

4 (0.5)

2.03 (0.55-7.54)

 ≥45

275

78 (28.4)

2.63 (1.93-3.60)

230

12 (5.2)

3.57 (1.42-8.95)

775

9 (1.2)

4.45 (1.49-13.2)

 χ 21 for trend

  

p < 0.001

  

p = 0.005

  

p = 0.007

Number of births

1,056

  

955

  

3,225

  

 0

228

16 (7.0)

1

136

1 (0.7)

1

942

2 (0.2)

1

 ≥1

828

169 (20.4)

1.62 (0.86-3.04)

819

30 (3.7)

3.06 (0.39-24.1)

2,283

16 (0.7)

0.48 (0.06-3.82)

  1. aAdjusted for age (5 years groups), as appropriate