Epidemiological profiles of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections in Malian women: Risk factors and relevance of disparities

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World J Hepatol. Apr 27, 2013; 5(4): 196-205
Published online Apr 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i4.196

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical history among young and old women

Descriptive characteristics	Young women ( ≤50 yr)		Older women (> 50 yr)
	n (%)	mean ± SD	n (%)	mean ± SD
Age (yr)	999	25.2 ± 6.3	231	62.1 ± 8.6
Sex (women)	1000 (100)		231 (100)
Rural residence area	26 (2.6)		67 (29.1)
Urban residence area	964 (97.4)		163 (70.9)
Transfusion history	21 (2.1)		16 (7)
Hospitalization history	137 (13.8)		76 (33.2)
Knowledge of HIV status	577 (58.8)		35 (15.3)
Knowledge of HCV status	16 (1.6)		11 (4.8)
Condom use	217¹ (21.9)		N/I
Condom use for ITS/HIV prevention	113 (52.1)
Condom use for contraception	117 (53.9)
Marital status
Single	77 (7.7)		N/I
Divorced	2 (0.2)		6 (2.6)
Married	916 (91.9)		108 (47)
Widowed	2 (0.2)		116 (50.4)

¹217 young women reported condom use; among them, 21 did not explain their motivation and 34 used it for contraception as well as for infections transmitted by sexual relation (ITS)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention. N/I: Not implemented in old women (cultural context); HCV: Hepatitis C virus.

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Citation: Bouare N, Gothot A, Delwaide J, Bontems S, Vaira D, Seidel L, Gerard P, Gerard C. Epidemiological profiles of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections in Malian women: Risk factors and relevance of disparities. World J Hepatol 2013; 5(4): 196-205
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v5/i4/196.htm
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Bouare N, Gothot A, Delwaide J, Bontems S, Vaira D, Seidel L, Gerard P, Gerard C. Epidemiological profiles of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections in Malian women: Risk factors and relevance of disparities. World J Hepatol 2013; 5(4): 196-205 [PMID: 23671724 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i4.196]

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