Table 4: Comparison between blood donors positive for HEV-RNA by PCR and negative blood donors.

HEV-RNA
Negative
(n=194)
Positive (n=6) P
Age 35.92±9.48 40.33±14.21 0.27
Albumin(gm/L) 4.27±.40 4.10±.18 0.29
Total bilirubin (mg/dl) 0.70±.34 0.80±.31 0.49
AST(IU/L) 27.94±12.35 36.67±13.66 0.09
ALT(IU/L) 31.33±13.14 48.33±2.58 0.002*
Sex Male 134 69.1% 4 66.7% 1.00
Female 60 30.9% 2 33.3%
Residence Rural 96 49.5% 4 66.7% 0.68
Urban 98 50.5% 2 33.3%
Anti- HCV-
IgG
Negative 174 89.7% 2 33.3% 0.002*
Positive 20 10.3% 4 66.7%
HBs-Ag Negative 192 99.0% 4 66.7% 0.004*
Positive 2 1.0% 2 33.3%