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table 2. Comparison of clinical and virological
characteristics between individuals with and without
any HGV marker in high- and no-endemicity areas
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| Characteristica |
No. (%) of patients with any HGV markerb
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P |
| Positive |
Negative |
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| High-endemicity areac |
| History of surgical operation |
17 (27.0) |
33 (24.1) |
>0.2 |
| History of blood transfusion |
5 (7.9) |
9 (6.6) |
>0.2 |
| History of folk remedies |
38 (60.3) |
53 (38.7) |
0.0043 |
| HBs antigen |
0 (0.0) |
4 (2.9) |
>0.2d |
| Any HBV marker |
23 (36.5) |
41 (29.9) |
>0.2 |
| HCV RNA |
34 (54.0) |
16 (11.7) |
<0.0001 |
| Any HCV marker |
41 (65.1) |
22 (16.1) |
<0.0001 |
| No-endemicity areae |
| History of surgical operation |
3 (25.0) |
42 (22.3) |
>0.2 |
| History of blood transfusion |
4 (33.3) |
16 (8.5) |
0.0055 |
| History of folk remedies |
3 (25.0) |
51 (27.1) |
>0.2 |
| HBs antigen |
0 (0.0) |
3 (1.6) |
>0.2d |
| Any HBV marker |
5 (41.7) |
37 (19.7) |
0.0698 |
| HCV RNA |
2 (16.7) |
1 (0.5) |
0.0096d |
| Any HCV marker |
3 (25.0) |
2 (1.1) |
0.0016d |
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| a
Any HBV marker, positive for HBs antigen, HBs antibody,
and/or HBc antibody; any HCV marker, positive for HCV
RNA and/or HCV antibody. |
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Any HGV marker, positive for HGV RNA and/or HGV-E2 antibody. |
| c
Total positive, 63; total negative, 137. |
| d
Obtained by Fisher's exact test; all other P values
were obtained by the chi-square test. |
| e
Total positive, 12; total negative, 188. |
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