Research Article
Hepatitis C Virus Screening of High-Risk Patients in a Canadian Emergency Department
Table 2
Effect of defined risk factors on the likelihood of testing positive for HCV antibodies by POCT.
| | Risk factor | Present (N) | HCV+ | Risk (%) | Absent (N) | HCV+ | Risk (%) | Difference (%) | RR | |
| | IDU | 26 | 4 | 15.4 | 116 | 2 | 1.7 | 13.7 | 10.4 | 0.01 | | Incarceration | 41 | 3 | 7.3 | 101 | 3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 0.24 | | Geographic | 63 | 1 | 1.6 | 81 | 5 | 6.2 | −4.6 | 0.3 | 0.17 | | Transfusion | 28 | 1 | 3.6 | 116 | 5 | 4.3 | −0.7 | 0.8 | 0.66 |
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RR = risk ratio.
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