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Table 1 Data sources and values for informing the MPES model parameters

From: Bridging the data gaps in the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Malaysia using multi-parameter evidence synthesis

Model parameter

Data

Source

P(HCV|PWID, Malay)

293/427 (68.6%)

PWID not in treatment; calculated from Reference [2]

P(HCV|PWID, Chinese)

27/45 (60.6%)

P(HCV|PWID, Other)

33/54 (60.6%)

P(PWID)

2.22%

Multi-state Markov model (Additional file 1: Appendix A)

Males

97.6% of P(PWID)

Criminal justice data [26]

P(PWID, Malay)

427/526 (81.2%)

Ethnicity distribution of PWID from Reference [2]

P(PWID, Chinese)

45/526 (8.6%)

P(PWID, Other)

54/526 (10.3%)

Females

2.4% of P(PWID)

Criminal justice data [26]

Males

  

P(HCV|nonPWID, Malay)

28/1713 (1.63%)

Blood donors [19]

P(HCV|nonPWID, Chinese)

22/1373 (1.60%)

P(HCV|nonPWID, Other)

3/454 (0.66%)

Females

  

Ratio (φ) of: P(HCV|nonPWID, female) to P(HCV|nonPWID, male)

55/1716 [males]

Blood donors in Thailand [23]

8/451 [females]

200/51414 [males]

Blood donors in Singapore [22]

41/13758 [females]

P(HIV|HCV)

40/113 (35%)

PWID in the Malaysian fisherman community [28]