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Table 1 Characteristics of the HEV cases compared to cases of other etiologies

From: Hepatitis E virus outbreak associated with rainfall in the Central African Republic in 2008-2009

 

Total

HEV cases

Cases of other etiologies

p

N = 2883

N = 745

N = 2138

 

Sex n, %

 Female

1239

43.0%

327

44.0%

912

42.7%

0.445

 Male

1642

57.0%

417

56.0%

1225

57.3%

 

Age (median, IQR)

21, 11–30

23, 17–33

20, 8–30

< 0.001

Year n, %

 2008

501

17.4%

270

36.3%

231

10.8%

< 0.001

 2009

813

28.2%

352

47.3%

461

21.6%

 

 2010

615

21.3%

83

11.2%

532

24.9%

 

 2011

438

15.2%

25

3.4%

413

19.3%

 

 2012

516

17.9%

15

2.0%

501

23.4%

 

Season n, %

 Dry

1257

43.6%

254

34.1%

1003

46.9%

< 0.001

 Rainy

1626

56.4%

491

65.9%

1135

53.1%

 

Location n, %

 Bangui

1037

36.1%

356

47.8%

681

31.9%

< 0.001

 Rest of the country

1839

63.9%

388

52.2%

1451

68.1%

 
  1. Gender was missing for 2 cases; location was missing for 7 cases