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Table 7 Weight categories in different age groups in patients with HCV and screened population

From: Obesity prevalence in adults and patients with hepatitis C: results from screening a population of 50 million in Egypt

Age group

HCV viremic patients

All screened

Difference %

(95% CI)

P

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Total

%

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Total

%

18–24

1304

8450

15.43%

(14.67–16.22)

1,613,320

8,841,541

18.25%

(18.22–18.27)

2.82%

(2.04–3.59)

< 0.0001

25–34

8389

32,545

25.78%

(25.30–26.26)

4,487,059

13,373,798

33.55%

(33.53–33.58)

7.77%

(7.30–8.25)

< 0.0001

35–44

20,341

55,702

36.52%

(36.12–36.92)

5,045,673

10,703,520

47.14%

(47.11–47.17)

10.62%

(10.22–11.02)

< 0.0001

45–54

44,746

113,531

39.41%

(39.13–39.70)

4,086,712

7,592,313

53.83%

(53.79–53.86)

14.41%

(14.13–14.70)

< 0.0001

55–64

41,544

109,036

38.10%

(37.81–38.39)

2,953,232

5,528,886

53.42%

(53.37–53.46)

15.31%

)15.02–15.61)

< 0.0001

65+

12,306

36,240

33.96%

(33.47–34.45)

1,586,000

3,590,261

44.18%

(44.12–44.23)

10.22%

(9.73–10.71)

< 0.0001

Total

128,630

355,504

36.18%

(36.02–36.34)

19,771,996

49,630,319

39.84%

(39.82–39.85)

3.66%

(3.50–3.81)

< 0.0001