Table 3 Background characteristics according to department where NSIs occurred
Variables | Liver disease-related departments (n = 75) | Nonliver disease-related departments (n = 75) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Between 2009 and 2014 (n = 54) | Between 2015 and 2019 (n = 21) | p-value | Between 2009 and 2014 (n = 48) | Between 2015 and 2019 (n = 27) | p-value | |
Age (years) | 70.3 ± 11.6 | 71.3 ± 9.2 | 0.9812 | 69.3 ± 12.7 | 69.7 ± 13.0 | 0.8424 |
Gender, male – no. (%, 95CI) | 35 (64.8, 51.5–76.2) | 12 (57.1, 36.5–75.5) | 0.5998 | 26 (54.2, 40.3–67.4) | 15 (55.6, 37.3–72.4) | 1.0000 |
HCV RNA, positive – no. (%, 95CI) | 46 (85.2, 73.4–92.3) | 14 (66.7, 45.4–82.8) | 0.1064 | 32 (66.7, 52.5–78.3) | 9 (33.3, 18.6–52.2) | 0.0078* |