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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 112 patients recruited

From: Hepatitis C core antigen testing to diagnose active hepatitis C infection among haemodialysis patients

Patient Characteristics Frequency (%) / Mean ± SD
Gender
 Males 67 (59.8)
 Females 45 (40.2)
Age (years) 54.04 ± 11.62
HD vintage (years) 14.1 ± 9.7
Ethnicity
 Malay 55 (49.1)
 Chinese 32 (28.6)
 Indian 24 (21.4)
 Others 1 (0.9)
Primary Cause of ESKD
 Diabetes Mellitus 25 (22.3)
 Hypertension 32 (28.6)
 Chronic Glomerulonephritis 15 (13.4)
 Systemic Lupus Erythematous 2 (1.8)
 Renal calculi/ Reflux nephropathy 3 (2.7)
 Drug induced 1 (0.9)
 Small kidneys 1 (0.9)
 Unknown 29 (25.9)
 Others 4 (3.5)
No. of patients who had RNA test prior to recruitment 22 (19.6)