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Table 5 Results of the binomial regression model for Positive HCV-Ab

From: Seroprevalence and risk factors of HBV, HCV and HIV among hemodialysis patients: a multicenter cross-sectional study from Damascus Syria

Variable

Unstandardized coefficient (B)

P value

OR

95% CI

Gender (male)

−0.339

0.413

0.713

0.317–1.603

Age

−0.014

0.386

0.987

0.957–1.017

History of blood transfusion (No)

0.68

0.239

1.974

0.637–6.121

Number of surgeries

0.22

0.137

1.246

0.932–1.666

History of GI endoscopy (No)

0.349

0.437

1.418

0.588–3.416

Dental procedure (No)

−0.228

0.602

0.796

0.338–1.876

Number of blood transfusion events

0.013

0.791

1.013

0.922–1.113

Dialysis center (5)

 

< 0.001

  

 Center 4

1.314

0.680

3.721

0.24–7.82

 Center 3

1.62

0.019

4.9

1.2–6.28

 Center 2

1.83

0.001

6.23

2.033–9.578

 Center 1

2.274

< 0.001

9.722

2.95–32.035

Having DM (No)

1.022

0.069

2.778

0.924–8.53

Dialytic age

0.133

0.032

1.422

1.12–1.94

  1. OR: odds ratio, CI confidence interval, GI gastrointestinal, DM Diabetes Mellitus