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Table 1 Epidemiologic characteristics of patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment at entry of the study, per unit

From: Infection by the hepatitis C virus in chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis in Mato Grosso state, central Brazil: a cohort study

 

Hemodialysis Units

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

Total

Patients

116

37

58

85

72

65

433

Sex Male (%)

60.3

59.5

63.8

64.7

63.9

52.3

61

Age (m ± sd)*

48 (15)

50 (16)

49 (15)

49 (15)

49 (15)

55 (14)

50 (15)

Transfusion (%)

81.9

89.2

82.8

90.6

79.2

83.1

84.1

No. transf. (%)**

       

   1 – 2

36.5

36.4

54.2

33.8

45.6

47.2

41.2

   3 – 6

40.6

36.4

29.2

37.7

26.3

34.0

34.9

   > 6

22.9

27.3

16.7

28.6

28.1

18.9

23.9

Duration HD*** (m ± sd)

41 ± 36

60 ± 35

37 ± 34

55 ± 41

33 ± 29

39 ± 34

43 ± 36

> 1 clinic visited (%)

11.2

67.6

51.7

37.6

29.2

56.9

36.5

DST (%)

15.5

24.3

31.0

31.8

26.8

26.2

25.0

Anti-HCV

24.1

37.8

17.2

12.9

8.3

6.2

16.9

CI95 (%)

16–33

22–55

9–29

7–22

3–17

2–15

13–21

  1. *m ± sd: mean ± standard deviation;
  2. ** No. transf: number of transfusions received;
  3. ***Duration HD: duration in months of the hemodialysis treatment.
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