Hepatitis C, Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

table 3. Characteristics of Diabetic Cohort Assessed by EIA II for Anti-HCV Status

Clinical Features	Anti-HCV Status		P
Clinical Features	Negative (n = 569)	Positive (n = 25)	P

Mean age (yr) (SD)	62 (14)	59 (15)	.37^*
Sex (%)
Female	260 (46)	13 (52)	.54
Male	309 (54)	12 (48)
Race origin (%)
White	371 (70)	12 (50)	.26
African	149 (26)	11 (46)
Asian	14 (3)	1 (4)
Hispanic	4 (1)	0 (0)
Liver function tests (%)
None available	32 (6)	1 (4)	<.0001
Always normal	335 (59)	8 (32)
Intermittently abnormal	173 (30)	8 (32)
Always abnormal	29 (5)	8 (32)

^* t test. The discrepancy in numbers compared with total population size is due to records without data on race.