Table 1 Demographic and health characteristics of the sample by HCV status
From: The burden of hepatitis C in Europe from the patients’ perspective: a survey in 5 countries
HCV group | Unmatched control group | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 286) | (n = 56,880) | ||||
Variable | n | % | n | % | |
Country | |||||
France | 66 | 23.1% | 14835 | 26.1% | .248 |
Germany | 60 | 21.0% | 14859 | 26.1% | .048 |
UK | 39 | 13.6% | 14919 | 26.2% | <.001 |
Italy | 83 | 29.0% | 7358 | 12.9% | <.001 |
Spain | 38 | 13.3% | 4909 | 8.6% | .005 |
Female | 119 | 41.6% | 29352 | 51.6% | .001 |
Sexual orientation | |||||
Heterosexual | 253 | 88.5% | 50937 | 89.6% | .548 |
Homosexual | 11 | 3.8% | 1306 | 2.3% | .081 |
Bi-sexual | 17 | 5.9% | 2311 | 4.1% | .108 |
Decline to answer | 5 | 1.7% | 2326 | 4.1% | .046 |
Married/living with partner | 167 | 58.40% | 36168 | 63.6% | .069 |
High school graduate | 243 | 85.0% | 46911 | 82.5% | .269 |
Income | |||||
Above median | 133 | 46.5% | 25058 | 44.1% | .405 |
Below median | 117 | 40.9% | 23482 | 41.3% | .898 |
Decline to answer | 36 | 12.6% | 8340 | 14.7% | .322 |
BMI | |||||
Underweight | 8 | 2.8% | 1590 | 2.8% | .998 |
Normal | 107 | 37.4% | 24002 | 42.4% | .102 |
Overweight | 108 | 37.8% | 18858 | 33.3% | .099 |
Obese | 62 | 21.7% | 10899 | 19.2% | .281 |
Decline to answer | 1 | 0.4% | 1531 | 2.7% | .014 |
Currently drink | 194 | 67.8% | 44797 | 78.8% | <.001 |
Currently exercise | 153 | 53.5% | 32373 | 56.9% | .244 |
Currently smoke | 131 | 45.8% | 16058 | 28.2% | <.001 |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age | 52.82 | 13.49 | 46.40 | 15.82 | <.001 |
Number of co-morbid conditions | .69 | 1.04 | .27 | .67 | .008 |