HCV; prevalence in the population of district Multan Pakistan

ABSTRACT

To find out the risk factors associated with HCV disease and evaluate the association of risk factors of HCV disease patient's in the population of Multan District. Experimental study. Nishter Hospital of Multan District. 1[st] January 2011 to 1[st] April 2012. 540 patients with ages 11 to 90 years old of both sexes were included in this study. All those who were surviving with HCV disease were studied with their associated risk factors such as age, family history; barber/parlor services, blood group types, drug use and weight loss were collected. For the data analysis, descriptive and Chi-square analysis are used to determine the association between risk factors and HCV. Results shows that out of 540 patients surviving with HCV, out of which 48% are female and 52% are males. The mean age for male and female was 37 +/- 12.62 and 34 +/- 11.22 respectively. Results showing that blood groups types and age of the patients were significantly related to the HCV survival status at 5% level of significance. The study shows that HCV patients with blood group "O' patients are maximum as compared to other groups. HCV is more common in males as compare to female. Persons who are above 30 years old were more affected with HCV disease. Age and blood group types are the most significant factors in the patients who are surviving with HCV disease