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. 2023 Dec 14;16:100422. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100422

Table 2.

Patient risk factors for hepatitis A acquisition and severe infection*.

n+ Percent
(%)
History of Injection Drug Use
N = 1372
No 1287 93.8
Yes 85 6.2
History of Substance Abuse
N = 1214
None 747 61.5
Yes, active 241 19.9
Yes, not active 226 18.6
Male-to-male sexual contact
N = 1372
No 855 62.3
Yes 517 37.7
Chronic HBV Infection1
N = 1372
No 1307 95.3
Yes 65 4.7
Chronic HCV Infection1
N = 1372
No 1331 97.0
Yes 41 3.0
History of Hemophilia1
N = 1372
No
1372 100

N = Total number of patients in sample, n+ = frequency.

HAV = hepatitis A virus.

1

by International Disease Classification (ICD-9) and ICD-10 codes, hepatitis B surface antigen and HCV RNA.

*

Excluding HIV, which was later added as a risk factor for HAV and indication for HAV vaccination[1].