Table 1 socio-demographics and clinical data according to HCV disease severity.

From: Sexual dysfunction among Egyptian men with chronic hepatitis C in the post elimination era prevalence and associated factors

Variables

All cases

(N = 1500)

Child-A

(N = 215)

Child-B

(N = 500)

Child-C

(N = 785)

P

Age in years ( mean ± SD)

44.8 ± 7.9

30.4 ± 5.3α

43.6 ± 5.2β

49.5 ± 3.8ω

^<0.001*

Age categories

(years)

20.0–

108 (7.2%)

104(48.4%)α

4 (0.8%) β

0 (0.0%) ω

#<0.001*

30.0–

214 (14.3%)

102 (47.4%)

108(21.6%)

4 (0.5%)

40.0–

717 (47.8%)

6 (2.8%)

319(63.8%)

392 (49.9%)

50.0–59.0

461 (30.7%)

3 (1.4%)

69 (13.8%)

389 (49.6%)

Number of

current wives

One wife

1452(96.8%)

209 (97.2%)

489(97.8%)

754 (96.1%)

#0.170

more than one wife

48 (3.2%)

6 (2.8%)

11 (2.2%)

31 (3.9%)

Marriage duration (years)

18.3 ± 7.7

8.0 ± 4.2 α

16.1 ± 5.3 β

22.6 ± 6.2 ω

^<0.001*

Youngest wife`s age (years)

40.8 ± 7.5

28.3 ± 4.8 α

39.2 ± 4.6 β

45.2 ± 4.9 ω

^<0.001*

Governorate

Cairo

180 (12.0%)

25 (11.6%)

60 (12.0%)

95 (12.1%)

#0.942

Dakahlia

267 (17.8%)

39 (18.1%)

89 (17.8%)

139 (17.7%)

Gharbia

313 (20.9%)

45 (20.9%)

104(20.8%)

164 (20.9%)

Ismailiah

152 (10.1%)

22 (10.2%)

50 (10.0%)

80 (10.2%)

Assuit

227 (15.1%)

32 (14.9%)

76 (15.2%)

119 (15.2%)

Beni-Suif

361 (24.1%)

52 (24.2%)

121(24.2%)

188 (23.9%)

Residence

Urban

796 (53.1%)

121 (56.3%)

271(54.2%)

404 (51.5%)

#0.163

Rural

704 (46.9%)

94 (43.7%)

229(45.8%)

381 (48.5%)

Education

Illiterate

186 (12.4%)

14 (6.5%) α

33 (6.6%) β

139(17.7%)ω

#<0.001*

R& W

253 (16.9%)

14 (6.5%)

55 (11.0%)

184 (23.4%)

Primary

189 (12.6%)

16 (7.4%)

63 (12.6%)

110 (14.0%)

Preparatory

391 (26.1%)

30 (14.0%)

140(28.0%)

221 (28.2%)

Secondary

161 (10.7%)

67 (31.2%)

74 (14.8%)

20 (2.5%)

Higher

320 (21.3%)

74 (34.4%)

135(27.0%)

111 (14.1%)

Occupation

Not working

65 (4.3%)

9 (4.2%) α

18 (3.6%) β

38 (4.8%) ω

#<0.001*

Manual

470 (31.3%)

44 (20.5%)

117(23.4%)

309 (39.4%)

Clerks

935 (62.3%)

156 (72.6%)

354(70.8%)

425 (54.1%)

Professional

30 (2.0%)

6 (2.8%)

11 (2.2%)

13 (1.7%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

39.3 ± 7.9

25.6 ± 4.8 α

37.9 ± 5.5 β

44.0 ± 4.4 ω

^<0.001*

Duration since diagnosis (years)

5.4 ± 2.1

4.8 ± 2.2 α

5.6 ± 2.0 β

5.5 ± 2.0 β

^<0.001*

  1. Percentages were per columns. Acute: Acute HCV manifestations. Chronic: Chronic HCV manifestations, Accidental: accidental discovery during routine lab testing. ^ANOVA test with post hoc Bonferroni test. #Linear by linear association with post hoc Bonferroni test. Homogenous groups had the same letter” α, β, ω”. *Significant.
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