A cross-sectional assessment of health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis c virus infection with EQ-5D

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients. (near Line 273)

Parameter
Number of moderate or severe symptoms of discomfort, n (%)^a
0	858 (86.1)
1	93 (9.3)
≥ 2	46(4.6)
Disease profile, n (%)
Chronic hepatitis, asymptomatic^b	404 (40.5)
Chronic hepatitis, symptomatic	492 (49.3)
Cirrhosis	101 (10.1)
Extrahepatic manifestations, n (%)^c
Yes	166 (16.6)
No	831 (83.4)
Hepatitis B
Yes	41 (4.1)
No	956 (95.9)
Fatty liver
Yes	242 (24.3)
No	755 (75.7)
Hyperlipidemia
Yes	22 (2.2)
No	975 (97.8)
Diabetes
Yes	81 (8.1)
No	916 (91.9)
Beck’s Depression Score, median (Q1, Q3)	9.2 (3.0, 13.0)
< 17	829 (83.1
≥ 17	168 (16.9)

^aUncomfortable symptoms: moderate or above malaise, appetite decrease, nausea, discomfort of right hypochondrium, fever, xanthochromia, xanthurenic and other uncomfortable symptoms. ^bChronic hepatitis, asymptomatic: chronic hepatitis without any discomfortable complain above. ^cExtrahepatic manifestation: Behcet’s disease, cryoglobulinemia, prediabetes, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, insulin resistance, fibromyalgia, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, membranous nephropathy, multiple myeloma, Raynaud’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, thyroid dysfunction, skin lesions, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, porphyria cutanea tarda, lichen planus, vasculitis, pulmonary fibrosis

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