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Table 5 Risk factors assessment for HCV infection

From: Prevalence of hepatitis-C virus genotypes and potential transmission risks in Malakand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

   

Genotype

Total

Risk factors

  

1a

1b

3a

3b

Mixed

Untypable

 

Barbers

Count

6

1

31

3

5

14

60

% prevalence within Risk factor

10.0%

1.7%

51.7%

5.0%

8.3%

23.3%

100.0%

% prevalence within Genotype

40.0%

11.1%

15.5%

12.0%

22.7%

31.1%

19.0%

Blood transfusion

Count

3

4

23

6

11

4

51

% prevalence within Risk factor

5.9%

7.8%

45.1%

11.8%

21.6%

7.8%

100.0%

% prevalence within Genotype

20.0%

44.4%

11.5%

24.0%

50.0%

8.9%

16.1%

Medical surgeries

Count

5

2

45

9

2

14

77

% prevalence within Risk factor

6.5%

2.6%

58.4%

11.7%

2.6%

18.2%

100.0%

% prevalence within Genotype

33.3%

22.2%

22.5%

36.0%

9.1%

31.1%

24.4%

Needles/syringes

Count

0

2

88

5

4

7

106

% prevalence within Risk factor

0.0%

1.9%

83.0%

4.7%

3.8%

6.6%

100.0%

% prevalence within Genotype

0.0%

22.2%

44.0%

20.0%

18.2%

15.6%

33.5%

Unknown

Count

1

0

14

2

0

5

22

% prevalence within Risk factor

4.5%

0.0%

63.6%

9.1%

0.0%

22.7%

100.0%

% prevalence within Genotype

6.7%

0.0%

7.0%

8.0%

0.0%

11.11%

7.0%

 

Total count

15

9

200

25

22

45

316

% prevalence within Risk factor

4.7%

2.8%

63.3%

7.9%

7.0%

14.2%

100.0%

p-value for within Genotype risk comparison

N/Aa

N/Aa

0.000

0.199

0.042b

0.044

100.0%

  1. a Insufficient data, therefore, Chi-Square test of equal proportion cannot be applied
  2. b The category ‘Unkown’ is ignored while the calculation of the Chi-Square statistic and corresponding P-value