Epidemiology

Age-Group Risk Factors Differentiate Individuals With HCV In Spain

Published in Blood Weekly, July 26th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Injection drug use, blood transfusions, and surgery lead the list of factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among individuals studied in a northern Spain population.

In fact, these variables represent a line of demarcation that can distinguish the 40-year old crowd from those 60 years old or older, according to S. Riestra and colleagues, Hospital Valle Nalon, Asturias, Spain.

During the epidemiological investigation, 1,100 people in a population in northern Spain were assessed for HCV prevalence, risk factors, and genotype.

Of the 1,170 study participants, Riestra...

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