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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of diagnosed patients

From: Emergency department contribution to HCV elimination in the Iberian Peninsula

Hospital, city, country (total number of HCV RNA-positive patients)

Age, median years

Males, n (%)

Migrants, n (%)

PWID, n (%)

F3–F4 advanced fibrosis, n (%)

Linkage to Care, n (%)

Hospital Dr. José de Almeida, Cascais, Portugal (n=215)

51.3

35 (61)

15 (26)

21 (37)

12 (32)

47 (82)

Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Funchal, Portugal (n=51)

47.1

44 (86)

2 (4)

19 (37)

16 (33)

48 (94)

Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (n=128)

79.0

59 (46)

12 (9)

33 (26)

65 (51)

69 (54)

Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain (n=44)

56.0

36 (82)

6 (14)

19 (43)

7 (39)

34 (77)

  1. Methodological note: For some patient characteristics, the denominator used for percentage calculation may be less than the total number of patients due to missing data or to patient linkage to care at other hospitals; thus, these patients are not included in the specific calculations
  2. HCV Ab, hepatitis C virus antibody, PWID people who inject drugs