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. 2024 Feb 27;10:e46750. doi: 10.2196/46750

Table 2.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) exposure and chronic HBV coinfection among individuals who acquired HIV through sexual intercourse.


Heterosexual people (n=2975) Men who have sex with men (n=1691), n (%) Chi-square (df) P value
Passive immunization, n (%) 574 (19.29) 534 (31.58) 89.860 (1) <.001
Natural immunization, n (%)

Overall 1354 (45.51) 614 (36.31) 37.440 (1) <.001

Anti-HBea/anti-HBsb/anti-HBcc 254 (8.54) 125 (7.39) 1.897 (1) .17

Anti-HBe/anti-HBc 515 (17.31) 363 (21.47) 12.189 (1) <.001

Anti-HBs/anti-HBc 106 (3.56) 46 (2.72) 2.430 (1) .12

Anti-HBc 479 (16.1) 80 (4.73) 132.176 (1) <.001
Natural HBV exposure, n (%) 1662 (55.87) 827 (48.91) 20.982 (1) <.001
Proportion of chronic HBV infection to HBV natural exposure population, n/N (%) 308/1662 (18.53) 213/827 (25.76) 17.412 (1) <.001
Chronic HBV infection, n (%) 308 (10.35) 213 (12.6) 5.469 (1) .02

aAnti-HBe: hepatitis B e antibody.

bAnti-HBs: hepatitis B surface antibody.

cAnti-HBc: hepatitis B core antibody.