Stages of care for patients with chronic hepatitis C at a hospital in southern Brazil

Table 2 Poisson regression analysis with multivariable robust variance of significant variables in relation to steps of cascade of care of patients diagnosed with hepatitis C virus infection at the Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição between 2015 and 2020

	PCR-HCV collection	P value	Specialized assistance	P value	Treatment	P value	SVR	P value
Gender
Female			0.06 (0.97-1.16)	0.148	1.20 (1.03-1.40)	0.014
Male			1.00		1.00
Race
White					1.0		1.0
Non-white					0.99 (0.81-1.21)	0.931	0.95 (0.72-1.25)	0.734
Education
Illiterate	0.83 (0.67-1.03)	0.103	0.87 (0.73-1.04)	0.152	0.76 (0.53-1.09)	0.145	0.63 (0.35-1.12)	0.120
Elementary school	0.89 (0.81-0.97)	0.014	0.94 (0.85-1.04)	0.244	0.85 (0.72-1.02)	0.082	0.79 (0.65-0.95)	0.014
High school and university	1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0
City of origin
Porto Alegre	1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0
Metropolitan region	1.11 (1.00-1.23)	0.033	1.12 (1.00-1.24)	0.034	1.19 (0.98-1.45)	0.074	1.54 (1.19-1.98)	0.001
Countryside	1.19 (1.08-1.33)	0.001	1.14 (1.03-1.25)	0.009	1.38 (1.14-1.68)	0.001	1.62 (0.24-2.12)	0.000
Follow-up site
HNSC	1.58 (1.43-1.75)	0.000	3.00 (2.58-3.50)	0.000	2.19 (1.80-2.65)	0.000	1.59 (1.20-2.09)	0.001
External	1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0
Institutionalized
Yes					0.70 (0.42-1.17)	0.178
No					1.0
Co-infection with HBV
Yes	1.11 (0.97-1.27)	0.121
No	1.0
Co-infection with HIV
Yes	1.11 (0.97-1.27)	0.121			0.80 (0.59-1.08)	0.156
No	1.0				1.0
Cirrhosis
Yes	1.02 (0.94-1.11)	0.504	0.96 (0.90-1.03)	0.327	1.07 (0.91-1.62)	0.363	1.18 (0.91-1.36)	0.275
No	1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0
Date of diagnosis
2015	1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0	1.000
2016	1.02 (0.90-1.16)	0.662	0.90 (0.80-1.01)	0.083	0.82 (0.65-1.03)	0.102	1.05 (0.80-1.37)	0.701
2017	0.97 (0.84-1.12)	0.711	0.93 (0.81-1.06)	0.311	0.96 (0.76-1.20)	0.730	1.06 (0.80-1.41)	0.652
2018	0.90 (0.77-1.05)	0.213	0.92 (0.79-1.07)	0.321	0.83 (0.64-1.07)	0.153	0.93 (0.67-1.30)	0.685
2019	1.02 (0.88-1.19)	0.717	0.88 (0.76-1.03)	0.118	0.81 (0.62-1.05)	0.125	0.81 (0.57-1.16)	0.267
2020	1.27 (1.09-1.48)	0.002	1.03 (0.86-1.25)	0.698	1.02 (0.75-1.39)	0.879	0.96 (0.66-1.40)	0.862

P value < 0.05 was considered significant. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; SVR: Sustained virologic response; HNSC: Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição.