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. 2024 Aug 25;16(8):e67722. doi: 10.7759/cureus.67722

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