PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN

Objective: To present up-to-date information on the prevalence of the HCV infection and to see any age or gender related association in a group of HCV positive patients from general population in suburbs of Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Th...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Farooq, Noorbakhat Ahmad, Salman Saleem
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2019
Materias:	hepatitis c prevalence Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:14bc00e104c2434db1cd6ba2054370712021-11-11T05:30:39ZPREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/14bc00e104c2434db1cd6ba2054370712019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/3223/2331https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To present up-to-date information on the prevalence of the HCV infection and to see any age or gender related association in a group of HCV positive patients from general population in suburbs of Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out on general population in Shahdara, Basi Mor and Mehmood Booty areas, from 1st May to 31st Aug 2018. Material and Methods: Blood samples of individuals from general population were collected for HCV screening during free medical camps arranged for community welfare. Testing was done using special screening kit for presence or absence of Anti-HCV. Data analysis was done by SPSS 20. Results: A total of 429 individuals were screened, out of which 58.3% were males while 41.7% females; mean age being 36.15 years. Overall prevalence of HCV was 8.2%. Association of HCV prevalence in this study was statistically significant with advanced age but not with gender. Major mode of transmission was unhygienic medical practices. Conclusion: High prevalence of hepatitis C was observed in the population which showed statistically significant association with advanced age.Muhammad FarooqNoorbakhat AhmadSalman SaleemArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlehepatitis cprevalenceMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 69, Iss 4, Pp 905-910 (2019)
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spellingShingle	hepatitis c prevalence Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Muhammad Farooq Noorbakhat Ahmad Salman Saleem PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN
description	Objective: To present up-to-date information on the prevalence of the HCV infection and to see any age or gender related association in a group of HCV positive patients from general population in suburbs of Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out on general population in Shahdara, Basi Mor and Mehmood Booty areas, from 1st May to 31st Aug 2018. Material and Methods: Blood samples of individuals from general population were collected for HCV screening during free medical camps arranged for community welfare. Testing was done using special screening kit for presence or absence of Anti-HCV. Data analysis was done by SPSS 20. Results: A total of 429 individuals were screened, out of which 58.3% were males while 41.7% females; mean age being 36.15 years. Overall prevalence of HCV was 8.2%. Association of HCV prevalence in this study was statistically significant with advanced age but not with gender. Major mode of transmission was unhygienic medical practices. Conclusion: High prevalence of hepatitis C was observed in the population which showed statistically significant association with advanced age.
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author	Muhammad Farooq Noorbakhat Ahmad Salman Saleem
author_facet	Muhammad Farooq Noorbakhat Ahmad Salman Saleem
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title	PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN
title_short	PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN
title_full	PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN
title_fullStr	PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN
title_full_unstemmed	PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN
title_sort	prevalence of the hcv infection and age or gender related association in hcv-positive patients from general population of lahore pakistan
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/14bc00e104c2434db1cd6ba205437071
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PREVALENCE OF THE HCV INFECTION AND AGE OR GENDER RELATED ASSOCIATION IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS FROM GENERAL POPULATION OF LAHORE PAKISTAN

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