Prevalence of active hepatitis C virus infections among general public of Lahore, Pakistan

Table 1 Prevalence of active hepatitis C virus in general public of Lahore

Age groups	Total samples	Male + / -	Female + / -	Probabilities^a		p value^c	Odd ratio (95% CI)	Overall prevalence (%)
				Male	Female
9-19	458	9/211	6/232	0.0343	0.0313	--	--	3.3
20-29	891	31/399	38/423	0.0810	0.0741	0.002	2.48	7.7
20-29	891	31/399	38/423	0.0810	0.0741	0.002	(1.40-4.38)	7.7
30-39	625	24/258	16/327	0.0672	0.0614	0.023	2.03	6.7
30-39	625	24/258	16/327	0.0672	0.0614	0.023	(1.10-3.71)	6.7
40-49	654	14/296	19/325	0.0529	0.0483	0.155	1.57	5.1
40-49	654	14/296	19/325	0.0529	0.0483	0.155	(0.84-2.93)	5.1
50-59	730	11/298	15/406	0.0375	0.0342	0.779	1.10	3.6
50-59	730	11/298	15/406	0.0375	0.0342	0.779	(0.57-2.09)	3.6
> 59	888	12/351	15/510	0.0321	0.0292	0.831	0.93	3.0
> 59	888	12/351	15/510	0.0321	0.0292	0.831	(0.49-1.77)	3.0
Total	4246	101/1813	109/2223	0.0508 ^b	0.0464 ^b	--	--	4.9

^aRepresents the estimated probabilities of HCV prevalence in male and female in different age groups calculated using the inverse transformation of logistic regression model. ^bAverage probability of six age groups of both genders. ^cThe goodness of fit tests Pearson, deviance, and Hosmer-Lemeshow for the model have p values ranging from 0.312 to 0.724 indicating the logistic regression model fit adequately HCV prevalence data. ^dCI (Confidence Interval) for male gender was 1.10 (0.83-1.46) with p value 0.497.
Distribution of positive & negative in gender as well as age groups based criteria.

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