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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Seroepidemiology of chronic hepatitis B and C in the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe

Characteristic

N = 2200 (%)

Age (median) years

43 [18–87]

Sexe

 

Male

886 (40.3)

Female

1314 (59.7)

Occupation

 

Unemployed

1247 (56.7)

Working class

508 (23.1)

Farmers

103 (4.7)

Middle/senior management

125 (5.7)

Retired

217 (9.9)

Risk factors

 

Past surgery

619 (28.1)

Endoscopy

584 (27.5)

Using drugs

13 (0.6)

  Intravenously

1 (0.0)

  Nasal way

12 (0.6)

Tatoo

216 (10.0)

Piercing

95 (4.4)

Shaving hair or beard

352 (16.3)

Unknown

321 (14.6)