Table 2 Performance and positivity of hepatitis C antibody and RNA viral load tests for veterans seen in 2011, by birth cohort - Atlanta VA Medical Center (n=87,144)
From: Hepatitis C virus screening practices and seropositivity among US veterans born during 1945 – 1965
HCV Ab performed no. | HCV Ab performed % | HCV Ab positive no. | HCV Ab positive % | Confirmatory RNA performed no. | Confirmatory RNA % | RNA positive no. | RNA positive (chronic disease) %* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 41556 | 47.7% | 4107 | 9.9% | 3944 | 96.0% | 3004 | 73.1% |
< 1945 (N = 23702) | 8378 | 35.3% | 335 | 4.0% | 305 | 91.0% | 189 | 56.4% |
1945 - 1965 (N = 46668) | 25097 | 53.8% | 3644 | 14.5% | 3516 | 96.5% | 2775 | 76.2% |
> 1965 (N = 16774) | 8081 | 48.2% | 128 | 1.6% | 123 | 96.1% | 40 | 31.3% |