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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Clinical characteristics among the HCV-positive and HCV-negative patients

From: Assessment of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque formation among patients with ischemic stroke and hepatitis C virus infection

 

HCV-positive patients (n = 50)

HCV-negative patients (n = 50)

P value

Smoking N (%)

26 (52%)

30 (60%)

0.5

HTN N (%)

7 (14%)

15 (30%)

0.04*

Previous stroke N (%)

0 (0%)

8 (16%)

0.02*

  1. *Statistically significant P <  0.05
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