Research Article

Hepatitis C Prevalence on the Rise but Screening at Safety Net Institutions Lagging behind

Table 1

Demographic data of patients screened and found to have HCV Ab.

DemographicHCV Ab (+)

Gender
 Male77 (70.64%)
 Female32 (29.36%)
Ethnicity
 Caucasian58 (53.21%)
 Black37 (33.94%)
 Asian6 (5.50%)
 Unknown8 (7.34%)
HIV coinfected4 (3.67%)
PWID17 (15.60%)
Treatment experienced5 (4.59%)
 With SVR2 (1.83%)
 No SVR3 (2.75%)
Total109

PWID: persons who inject drugs; SVR: sustained virologic response.