“…HCV infected group had lower family income and lower education level compared to the Non-Infected group as demonstrated by other studies performed in Brazil and around the world (DA SILVA et al, 2013;VILLAR et al, 2015;SZABO et al, 2012). Individuals who had low education level (primary school) also had a 6.598 times bigger risk of being infected by HCV than those who had higher education level (college school).…”