Psychometrics of the chronic liver disease questionnaire for Southern Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects n (%)

	Uncomplicated CHB (n = 72)	Complicated CHB (n = 78)	Overall (n = 150)
Age, mean years ± SD1	50.2 ± 12.0	55.9 ± 9.5	53.2 ± 11.1
Sex1
Male	42 (58.3)	65 (83.3)	107 (71.3)
Female	30 (41.7)	13 (16.7)	43 (28.7)
Education attainment
No schooling	2 (2.8)	6 (7.7)	8 (5.3)
Primary	19 (26.4)	14 (17.9)	33 (22.0)
Secondary	35 (48.6)	46 (59.0)	81 (54.0)
Tertiary	16 (22.2)	12 (15.4)	28 (18.7)
Marital status
Now married, living with spouse	59 (81.9)	67 (85.9)	126 (84.0)
Never married	6 (8.3)	5 (6.4)	11 (7.3)
Widowed	1 (1.4)	1 (1.3)	2 (1.3)
Divorced/separated	6 (8.3)	5 (6.4)	11 (7.3)
Occupation
Managers, administrators & professional	19 (26.4)	17 (21.8)	36 (24.0)
Clerk, service and shop sales workers	16 (22.2)	19 (24.4)	35 (23.3)
Craft, machine operators & elementary	27 (37.5)	39 (50.0)	66 (44.0)
Others	10 (13.9)	3 (3.8)	13 (8.7)
Health status
CHB	72 (100)		72 (48.0)
Cirrhosis		30 (38.5)	30 (20.0)
HCC		48 (61.5)	48 (32.0)
Child-Pugh Classification
No cirrhosis/normal LF	72 (100)	8 (10.3)	80 (53.3)
Child A		47 (60.3)	47 (31.3)
Child B		8 (10.3)	8 (5.3)
Child C		15 (19.2)	15 (10.0)

CHB: Chronic hepatitis B; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; LF: Liver function. Data are no. (%) of patients, unless otherwise indicated.

¹Significant difference between uncomplicated and complicated CHB groups by independent sample t or Fisher’s exact test, P < 0.05. Socio-demographic variables are recoded as binary categorical variables for performing Fisher’s exact test: male vs female; no schooling vs any formal education; living with spouse vs other marital status; managers, administrators and professional vs other occupations.