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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of newly identified HCV antibody positive patients, UCLA Health system, November 2015–September 2017

From: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of persons who experienced spontaneous hepatitis C viral clearance

  HCV Antibody Positivea (n = 320)
n %
Age group (years)
18–52 99 31.4
 52–72 (“Baby Boomers”) 198 61.5
  ≥ 73 23 7.1
Sex
 Male 179 55.9
 Female 140 44.1
Race/Ethnicity
 Asian or Pacific Islander 5 1.8
 Black or African American 38 13.4
 Hispanic or Latino 25 8.8
 Otherb 33 11.6
 White or Caucasian 183 64.4
Clinical Characteristics
 Hepatitis C RNA detected 135 42
 HIV Positive 10 3.1
 Chronic Kidney Diseasec 23 7.2
 Diabetes Mellitus 45 14.2
Laboratory Results d
 ALT (U/L) 25 (17–47)
 AST(U/L) 26 (20–39)
 Platelet count 232 (188–271)
 Bilirubin (mg/dL) 0.5 (0.3–0.7)
  1. Abbreviations: ALT Alanine Transaminase, AST Aspartate Transaminase
  2. aSum may not equal total because of missing information
  3. bincludes participants self-identifying as multiracial
  4. cCKD based on ICD-10 codes
  5. ddata presented as median and interquartile range
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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