Psychometrics of chronic liver disease questionnaire in Chinese chronic hepatitis B patients

Table 1 Social-demographic characteristics n (%)

Items	Total (n = 460)	CHB (n = 323)	CHB-related cirrhosis (n = 137)
Age (yr)
18-35	240 (52.2)	216 (90.0)	24 (10.0)
36-50	152 (33.0)	87 (57.2)	65 (42.8)
51-65	64 (13.9)	20 (31.3)	44 (68.8)
66-76	4 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	4 (100.0)
mean ± SD	35.75 ± 12.82	31.53 ± 10.94	45.71 ± 11.36
Gender
Male	305 (66.3)	212 (69.5)	93 (30.5)
Female	155 (33.7)	111 (71.6)	44 (28.4)
Marital status
Single	125 (27.2)	119 (95.2)	6 (4.8)
Married	328 (71.3)	200 (61.0)	128 (39.0)
Others	7 (1.5)	4 (57.1)	3 (42.9)
Education level
No schooling and primary	63 (13.7)	31 (49.2)	32 (50.8)
Secondary	311 (67.6)	217 (69.8)	94 (30.2)
Tertiary	86 (18.7)	75 (87.2)	11 (12.8)
Occupation
Peasants	153 (33.3)	73 (47.7)	80 (52.3)
Non-peasants	307 (66.7)	250 (81.4)	57 (18.6)
Annual per capita household incomes (RMB)
< 5000	236 (51.3)	147 (62.3)	89 (37.7)
5000-9999	111 (24.1)	88 (79.3)	23 (20.7)
≥ 10000	113 (24.6)	88 (77.9)	25 (22.1)
Received ALT test
Yes	375 (81.5)	311 (82.9)	64 (17.1)
No	85 (18.5)	12 (14.1)	73 (85.9)

CHB: Chronic hepatitis B; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.