Study population characters

HCV positive number (%)

N = 3289

HCV negative number (%)

n = 14312

Total number (%)

n = 17601

P-value

Sex*

<0.001

Male

Female

1289 (39.4)

1980 (60.6)

7113 (50.0)

7115 (50.0)

8402 (48.0)

9095 (52.0)

Employment status*

<0.001

Employed

Private business

Retired

Herdsman

Unemployed

Not working due to health

Unknown (missing)

573 (17.4)

310 (9.4)

1032 (31.4)

1007 (30.6)

164 (5.0)

183 (5.6)

20 (0.6)

2539 (17.7)

1347 (9.4)

2395 (16.7)

6199 (43.3)

1046 (7.3)

702 (4.9)

84 (0.6)

3112 (17.7)

1657 (9.4)

3427 (19.5)

7206 (40.9)

1210 (6.9)

885 (5.0)

104 (0.6)

Marital status*

0.005

Single

Married

454 (13.8)

2835 (86.2)

1722 (12.0)

12,590 (88.0)

2176 (12.4)

15,425 (87.6)

Educational level

Uneducated

Low

Low secondary

High secondary

Collage

High

Master and PhD

60 (1.8)

374 (11.4)

1049 (31.9)

1229 (37.4)

295 (9.0)

268 (8.1)

14 (0.4)

334 (2.3)

1731 (12.1)

4557 (31.8)

5162 (36.1)

1253 (8.8)

1216 (8.5)

59 (0.4)

394 (2.2)

2105 (12.0)

5606 (31.9)

6391 (36.3)

1548 (8.8)

1484 (8.4)

73 (0.4)

0.41

Age group*

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60≤

660 (20.1)

628 (19.1)

633 (19.2)

711 (21.6)

657 (20.0)

4231 (29.6)

3770 (26.3)

3095 (21.6)

1926 (13.5)

1290 (9.0)

4891 (27.8)

4398 (25.0)

3728 (21.2)

2637 (15.0)

1947 (11.1)

<0.001

Median age in years ± IQR*

52 ± 12

48 ± 10

49 ± 11

<0.001

Median monthly income in tug rugs ± IQR*

250,000.00 ± 300,000.00

250,000.00 ± 300,000.00

250,000.00 ± 327,750.00

<0.001

HCV risk factors

Median No of risk factors ± IQR*

5 ± 16

4 ± 14

4 ± 16

<0.001

Dental procedure*

2536 (77.1)

10453 (73.0)

12989 (73.8)

0.000002

Cosmetic procedure*

555 (16.9)

1911 (13.4)

2466 (14.0)

<0.001

Wound treatment*

1091 (33.2)

3908 (27.3)

4999 (28.4)

<0.001

Tattoo*

834 (25.4)

2833 (19.8)

3667 (20.8)

<0.001

Bloodletting treatment*

650 (19.8)

2172 (15.2)

2822 (16.0)

<0.001

Sharing shaving device

100 (8.1)

519 (7.6)

619 (7.7)

0.551

Sharing toothbrush

112 (3.4)

574 (4.0)

686 (3.9)

0.106

Injection at non hospital/sharing needles*

3079 (93.6)

13,060 (91.3)

16,139 (91.7)

0.00001