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Table 4 Sociodemograhic characteristics of diabetic and nondiabetic HCV cases and diabetic and nondiabetic nonHCV controls.

From: Association of HCV with diabetes mellitus: an Egyptian case-control study

Parameters

HCV Cases

Controls

P-value

 

Non diabetic

(N = 249)

No (%)*

Diabetic

(N = 40)

No (%)

Non diabetic

(N = 277)

No (%)*

Diabetic

(N = 12)

No (%)

 

Age (years)

     

-Mean ± SD

40.7 ± 10.4

48.1 ± 9.2

41.6 ± 11.9

48.6 ± 8.4

0.001

-Range

19-65

29-65

21-65

34-65

 

Age distribution

     

-18-30

52 (20.9)

2 (5.0)

65 (23.5)

0

0.0001

-31-40

68 (27.3)

7 (17.5)

75 (27.1)

2 (16.7)

 

-41-50

81 (32.5)

15 (37.5)

70 (25.3)

4 (33.3)

 

51-60

45 (18.1)

13 (32.5)

49 (17.7)

5 (41.7)

 

-above 60

3 (1.2)

3 (7.5)

18 (6.5)

1 (8.3)

 

Gender

     

-Male

178 (71.5)

29 (72.5)

154 (55.6)

2 (16.7)

0.0001

-Female

71 (28.5)

11 (27.5)

123 (44.4)

10 (83.3)

 

Current residence

     

-Urban

163 (65.5)

34 (85.0)

0

0

0.0001

-Rural

86 (34.5)

6 (15.0)

277 (100)

12 (100)

 

Level of education

     

-Less than secondary

111 (44.6)

21 (52.5)

177 (63.9)

12 (100)

0.0001

-Secondary & more

138 (55.4)

19 (47.5)

100 (36.1)

0

 

Marital status

     

-Not married

58 (23.3)

5 (12.5)

44 (15.9)

5 (41.7)

0.03

-Married

191 (76.7)

35 (87.5)

233(84. 1)

7 (58.3)

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