Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
Table 1
Characteristics of 167 persons evaluated in study of association between HEV and chronic liver disease*[REMOVED HYPERLINK FIELD]
Characteristic | No. (%) persons |
---|---|
Gender | |
M | 100 (59.9) |
F |
67 (40.1) |
History of chronic liver disease | |
Yes | 129 (77.2) |
No |
38 (22.8) |
HIV co-infection | |
Yes | 46 (27.6) |
No |
121 (72.4) |
HEV IgG | |
Positive | 49 (29.3) |
Negative | 118 (70.7) |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus; IgG, immunoglobulin G.