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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2005; 11(47): 7494-7498
Published online Dec 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i47.7494

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 371 study subjects with and without chronic hepatitis C (CH-C)

	CH-C patients(n = 182)	Controls(n = 189)	P
Mean age (yr)	59.9±12.9	58.8±13.9	0.302
Sex (male:female)	91:91	106:83	0.254
Educational status (below high school:high school or above)	97:85	62:127	<0.001
Subjective difficulty to questionnaire(difficult:non difference:easy)	0.146	0.362	0.118
Acute illness during recent two weeks (yes:no)	47:135	47:142	0.905
Combined chronic diseases (yes:no)	94:88	115:74	0.076

¹Mann-Whitney U test or χ² test.

Citation: Kang SC, Hwang SJ, Lee SH, Chang FY, Lee SD. Health-related quality of life and impact of antiviral treatment in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C in Taiwan. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(47): 7494-7498
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i47/7494.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i47.7494