Role of Alcohol in the Progression of Liver Disease Caused By Hepatitis C

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Role of Alcohol in the Progression of Liver Disease Caused By Hepatitis C Virus Infection

table 2. Risk Factor and Gender Distribution of the Study Population and Mean Age of Different Risk Factor Groups and Whole Study Population

	Risk Factors					Total
	IDU	Transfusion	Tattoo	Occupational	Sporadic	Total

No.	142	36	16	7	33	234
(%)	(61)	(15)	(7)	(3)	(14)	100
Male	107	23	13	3	20	166
(%)	(75)	(64)	(81)	(43)	(61)	(71)
Mean age	36.4^*	48.1^*	37.4	41.1	52.3^*	40.7
(±SEM) (yr)	±0.4	±2.3	±1.2	±3.7	±2.4	±0.7

*^ P < .001.**