Prevalence and associated factors of hepatitis C virus infection among renal disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis in three health centers in Aden, Yemen: A cross sectional study
| Autor: | Aamenah Hawash, Mustafa Ahmed Alshagga, Saba Kassim, Khadija Aman, Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai, Reema Aman |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Yemen Adolescent Cross-sectional study Hepatitis C virus Prevalence lcsh:Medicine Disease medicine.disease_cause Ambulatory Care Facilities Young Adult symbols.namesake Renal Dialysis Risk Factors medicine Humans Infection control Poisson regression Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Cross Infection business.industry lcsh:R General Medicine Maintenance hemodialysis Hepatitis C Antibodies Middle Aged Hepatitis C Confidence interval Cross-Sectional Studies Multivariate Analysis symbols Kidney Failure Chronic Female business Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 26, Iss 2, Pp 380-385 (2015) Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1319-2442 |
| Popis: | We aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with positive anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies among patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) in three centers in Aden, Yemen. The data from 219 patients and their records over the period between 2000-2013, was extracted and analyzed. The mean ± SD age of the patients was 47.08 ± 13.9 years; 74.4% of them were married and 14.6% were employed. The prevalence of validated anti-HCV-positive cases was 40.2% (95%CI 33.64%-46.73%). The mean ± SD duration on HD of all the patients was 35.09 ± 38 months. On bivariate analysis, the duration on HD and attending more than one center for HD associated significantly with anti-HCV positivity (P |
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