Table 3. Risk factors that might be correlated with HBV infection.
p<0.05 means significant, SD: standard deviation; HBV: hepatitis B virus; n, number of patients
Risk factor | HBV positive | HBV negative | p Value |
Age (mean ± SD) | 57.60 ± 7.635 | 52.26 ± 11.848 | 0.318 |
Duration of dialysis (years) (mean ± SD) | 2.20 ± 0.447 | 1.77 ± 1.046 | 0.364 |
Blood transfusion (n, %) | 3 (1.62%) | 134 (72.43%) | 0.606 |
Dialysis outside (n, %) | 4 (2.16%) | 98 (52.97%) | 0.382 |