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ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: This ca se-con trol study was de sig ned to de ter mi ne the risk fac tors for he pa ti tis C vi rus trans mis si ons in Midd le Black Se a Re gi on of Tur key. Ma te ri al and Met hods: One hun dred and ni nety-thre e an ti-HCV po si ti ve pa ti ents we re eli gib le for the study and the number of pa ti ents in con trol gro up was 190. The in di vi du als in each gro up we re qu es ti o ned for the fac tors ha ving a pos sib le ro le in trans mis si on of he pa ti tis C vi rus. The da ta was eva lu a ted sta tis ti cally by Chi-squ a re and lo gis tic reg res si on analy sis. Re sults: Among ca ses, 78% of pa ti ents were fe ma les. The re was no sig ni fi cant dif fe ren ce in terms of gen der and ave ra ge ages bet we en two gro ups. Ta king sur gery, en dos copy, co ro nary an gi og raphy, num ber of the preg nan ci es and de li ve ri es in to con si de ra ti on, no sta tis ti cal dif fe ren ce was fo und bet we en the ca se and con trol gro ups. Ho we ver, lo gis tic reg res si on analy sis re ve a led that the fol lo wing risk fac tors we re re la ted to HCV in fec ti on: his tory of blo od trans fu si on be fo re ye ar 1996 (Odd’s Ra ti o (OR)= 4.5), ute ri ne cu ret ta ge and/or de li very in a hos pi tal (OR= 2.4), hos pi ta li za ti on for mo re than one we ek (OR= 2.7) and pre vi o us den tal ca re (OR= 1.8). Conc lu si on: Apart from blo od trans fu si ons, hos pi ta li za ti on and me di cal pro ce du res li ke den tal ca re, cu ret ta ge or de li very in a hos pi tal we re im por tant risk fac tors for he pa ti tis C in fec ti on in To kat re gi on. The se risk fac tors sho uld be eli mi na ted with effec ti ve ste ri li za ti on and di sin fec ti on stra te gi es in or der to pre vent the spre ad of HCV.

Healthcare Related Risk Factors Account for the Majority of HCV Transmissions in Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey: A Case-Control Study