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Table 1 Confirmed HCV infection study sample characteristics

From: Trends in the prevalence of thrombocytopenia among individuals iInfected with hepatitis C Virus in the United States, 1999-2008

Characteristic

Confirmed HCV-Infected

Raw Frequency (n = 467)

Confirmed HCV-Infected

Weighted Mean (SD) or Proportion

  

All HCV Patients

Thrombocytopenia Population1

(n = 43)

Non-Thrombocytopenia Population1

(n = 422)

Age at screening (yrs), mean (SD)

467

46.7 (15.5)

55.3 (22.5)

46.0 (12.7)

Male gender, %

293

61.7

73.4

61.2

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

451

78.2 (22.5)

78.0 (23.3)

78.3 (22.6)

Race/ethnicity, %

467

   

   White

190

65.7

21.6

20.0

   Black/African-American

160

20.1

56.3

66.4

   Hispanic

103

10.9

19.3

10.3

   Other

14

3.3

2.9

3.3

Annual Household income, %

433

   

   Below $20,000

185

36.3

39.5

35.6

   $20,000 - $74,999

204

50.1

47.1

50.7

   Above $75,000

44

13.6

13.4

13.7

Ever used marijuana or hashish, %1

124

87.4

100.0

88.0

Times received health care over past 12 months, %

467

 

43

422

   None

83

16.5

13.0

16.9

   1-3 times

162

35.6

39.7

34.9

   More than 4 times

222

47.9

47.3

48.3

Alcohol use (drinks/day over past year), mean (SD)

270

4.4 (3.7)

4.1 (2.9)

4.4 (3.7)

Albumin (g/dL), mean (SD)

456

4.2 (0.4)

3.7 (1.01)

4.2 (0.4)

ALT (u/L), mean (SD)

456

52.2 (60.9)

81.5 (93.6)

50.0 (56.5)

AST (u/L), mean (SD)

456

47.2 (49.7)

84.6 (46.7)

44.2 (48.5)

Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL), mean (SD)

456

12.1 (6.4)

13.9 (11.1)

12.0 (5.3)

Total calcium (mg/dL), mean (SD)

456

9.4 (0.5)

9.1 (0.7)

9.5 (0.5)

Creatinine (mg/dL), mean (SD)

346

0.9 (0.3)

1.0 (0.6)

0.9 (0.3)

Iron (ug/dL), mean (SD)

456

108.9 (58.0)

138.9 (61.7)

106.9 (57.2)

Bilirubin (umol/L), mean (SD)

456

13.1 (7.6)

19.3 (13.1)

12.6 (6.9)

Total protein (g/dL), mean (SD)

456

7.4 (0.8)

7.3 (0.9)

7.4 (0.9)

Globulin (g/dL), mean (SD)

456

3.3 (0.8)

3.6 (0.7)

3.2 (0.8)

Hemoglobin (g/dL), mean (SD)

465

14.9 (2.1)

14.5 (2.2)

14.9 (2.1)

Fasting glucose (mg/dL), mean (SD)2

91

107.7 (38.9)

105.6 (21.2)

108.0 (42.8)

Fasting insulin (uU/mL), mean (SD)2

86

13.3 (12.3)

26.4 (33.9)

11.5 (12.7)

White blood cell count (1000 cells/uL), mean (SD)

465

7.3 (3.2)

5.4 (2.3)

7.4 (3.2)

Platelet count

465

257.6 (87.7)

112.0 (31.2)

269.5 (76.0)

Thrombocytopenia, %

465

   

   < 150 × 109/L

43

7.6

100

0

   < 125 × 109/L

25

4.5

59.4

0

   < 100 × 109/L

12

2.0

26.7

0

   < 75 × 109/L

7

0.8

10.7

0

  1. HCV = hepatitis C virus; SD = standard deviation; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = asparate aminotransferase
  2. NOTES:
  3. 1. Defined as platelet count < 150 × 109/L
  4. 2. Among participants 20 years of age and older for survey years 2005-2006 and 2007-2008
  5. 3. Among participants 12 years of age and older who attended a morning examination session for survey years 2005-2006 and 2007-2008