Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B, by cirrhosis status, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia

Variable	All patients, n = 193	No cirrhosis, n = 133	Cirrhosis, n = 60	P value
Sex, n (%)				0.020a
Male	132 (68.4)	84 (63.2)	48 (80.0)
Female	61 (31.6)	49 (36.8)	12 (20.0)
Age group by years, n (%)				0.852
18-25	69 (35.8)	47 (35.3)	22 (36.7)
26-35	70 (36.3)	47 (35.3)	23 (38.3)
36-45	36 (18.7)	18 (13.5)	18 (30.0)
> 45	18 (9.3)	14 (10.5)	4 (6.7)
Marital status1, n (%)				0.597
Single	61 (31.6)	45 (33.8)	16 (26.6)
Married	123 (63.7)	81 (60.9)	42 (70.0)
Divorced/widowed	3 (1.6)	2 (1.5)	1 (1.7)
Address, n (%)				0.032a
Harar	48 (24.9)	40 (30.0)	8 (13.3)
Dire Dawa	56 (29.0)	42 (31.6)	14 (23.3)
Oromia	71 (36.8)	34 (25.6)	37 (61.7)
Somali	18 (9.3)	17 (12.8)	1 (1.7)
Occupation2, n (%)				0.009a
Farmer	33 (17.1)	14 (10.5)	19 (31.7)
Housewife	29 (15.0)	22 (16.5)	7 (11.7)
Student	23 (11.9)	14 (10.5)	9 (15.0)
Public servant	31 (16.1)	26 (19.5)	5 (8.3)
Self employed	18 (9.3)	12 (9.0)	6 (10.0)
Others	19 (9.8)	14 (10.5)	5 (8.3)
Family history of liver cancer3, n (%)				0.569
No	183 (94.8)	125 (93.9)	58 (96.7)
Yes	9 (4.7)	7 (5.3)	2 (3.3)
Traditional herbal medicine4, n (%)				0.220
No	169 (87.6)	120 (90.2)	49 (81.7)
Yes	21 (10.9)	11 (8.3)	10 (16.7)
Pregnant5, n (%)				0.085
No	51 (89.4)	39 (86.7)	12 (100)
Yes	6 (10.5)	6 (13.3)	0
Breast feeding, n (%)				0.110
No	54 (94.7)	43 (95.6)	11 (91.7)
Yes	3 (5.3)	2 (4.4)	1 (8.3)
Alcohol abuse, n (%)				0.172
No	158 (81.9)	105 (78.9)	53 (88.3)
Yes	35 (18.1)	28 (21.1)	7 (11.7)
Khat abuse, n (%)				0.001a
No	88 (45.6)	71 (53.4)	17 (28.3)
Yes	105 (54.4)	62 (46.6)	43 (71.7)

^a P < 0.05.

¹A total of 6 missing values, of whom 1 had cirrhosis.

²A total of 40 missing values, of whom 9 had cirrhosis.

³Data missing in 1 patient without cirrhosis.

⁴A total of 3 missing values, of whom 1 had cirrhosis.

⁵A total of 2 missing values, of whom none had cirrhosis.