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The prevalences of three risk factors that have been identified as important predictors of more progressive forms of chronic hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections (male gender, transfusion recipients and age greater than 50 years at the onset of infection) were documented by a retrospective chart review of 337 HCV-infected patients attending an urban, hospital-based, viral hepatitis clinic. One hundred...