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Table 3 Assessment of high risks associated with super HEV infection among 202 acute sporadic HEV inpatients from east-coast area, Zhejiang, China, 2004–2017

From: Acute sporadic hepatitis E in the Zhejiang coastal area of China: a 14-year hospital-based surveillance study

Valuable

Single HEV infection (n = 141)

Super HEV infection (n = 61)

OR (95% CI)

P value

Demographic characteristics

 Age range (years)

23–83

26–82

/

 

 Mean age ± SD (years)

52.42 ± 13.19

48.64 ± 12.84

/

0.06d

 Sex ratio (male/female)

3.55 (110/31)

4.55 (50/11)

0.781 (0.363–1.677)

0.53a

 Smoker (%, n)

30.50% (43/141)

31.15 (19/61)

1.031 (0.538–1.974)

0.93a

 Alcohol user (%, n)

38.30% (54/141)

39.34% (24/61)

1.045 (0.565–1.934)

0.89a

 History of blood transfusion (%, n)

3.55% (5/141)

6.56% (4/61)

1.909 (0.495–7.368)

0.46b

 Hepatoxic medication (%, n)

4.26% (6/141)

31.15% (19/61)

10.179 (3.816–27.147)

< 0.001a

 Chronic liver diseases (%, n)

19.15% (27/141)

40.98% (25/61)

2.932 (1.515–5.767)

< 0.001a

 Liver cirrhosis

2.13% (3/141)

18.03% (11/61)

10.120 (2.712–37.768)

< 0.001b

 Fatty liver disease

5.67% (8/141)

6.56% (4/61)

1.167 (0.338–4.030)

0.76b

 Alcoholic liver disease

12.06% (17/141)

19.67% (12/61)

1.786 (0.795–4.014)

0.16a

 Hepatic carcinoma

0.71% (1/141)

4.92% (3/61)

7.241 (0.738–72.064)

0.08b

 Drug-induced hepatitis

1.42% (2/141)

0% (0/61)

/

1.00b

 Chronic nonliver comorbidities (%, n)

  

/

0.87c

  No comorbidities

56.74% (80/141)

62.30% (38/61)

/

 

 1 comorbidity

26.24% (37/141)

22.95% (14/61)

/

 

 2 comorbidities

11.35% (16/141)

8.20% (5/61)

/

 

  ≥ 3 comorbidities

5.67% (8/141)

6.56% (4/61)

/

 

Disease progression

 Median days from onset to consultation

6 (0–39)

5 (0–24)

/

0.06c

 Median days from onset to admission

7 (2–40)

7 (1–49)

/

0.51c

 Median days from onset to confirmation

11 (4–45)

11 (4–54)

/

0.83c

 Median days from onset to deterioration

9 (0–32)

7 (0–35)

/

0.56c

 Median days from onset to discharge

29 (9–111)

33 (10–73)

/

0.11c

 Days hospitalized

21 (5–108)

24 (6–64)

/

0.15c

  1. Notes: SD standard deviation; a = Chi-square test; b = Fisher test; c = Non-parametric test; and d = T test in P value column; “/” denotes not available