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. 2009 Nov 18;6:202. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-202

Table 1.

Prevalence rate of HBV & HCV positivity among HIV+ patient

HBsAg+ Anti-HCV+ Double Positive



Variable N (Percent) N P N P N P
Total 391(100%) 57(14.5%) 282 (72%) 31 (7.9%)

Sex <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Male 358 (91.6%) 40(11.2%) 274(76.5%) 24 (6.7%)
 Female 33 (8.4%) 17(51.5%) 8 (24.3%) 7 (21.2%)
Age 0.013 <0.001 <0.001
 ≤ 30 140 (35.8%) 18(12.9%) 108 (77.2%) 8 (5.7%)
 31-50 204 (52.1%) 27(13.2%) 151 (74%) 18 (8.9%)
 ≥ 50 47 (12%) 12(25.5%) 23 (48.9%) 5 (10.6%)
Marital status <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Single 195 (49.8%) 14(7.2%) 160 (82%) 11(5.7%)
 Married 166 (42.4%) 40(24%) 99 (59.7%) 18 (10.6%)
 Other 30 (7.6%) 3 (10%) 23 (76.7%) 2 (6.7%)
Risk Factor <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 IDU 202 (51.6%) 12 (5.9%) 172 (85.2%) 8 (3.1%)
 Sexual 11 (2.8%) 4 (3.4%) 3 (27.3%) 1 (9%)
 Transfusion 12 (3%) 0 (0%) 12 (100%) 0 (0%)
 Sex & IDU 56 (14.3%) 6 (10.7%) 36 (64.3%) 13(23.2%)
 Pregnant 5 (1.2%) 2 (40%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Other 105 (26.8%) 33(31.5%) 59 (56.2%) 9 (8.6%)
Occupation <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Unemployed 221 (56.5%) 16 (7.2%) 174 (78.7%) 15 (6.8%)
 Self employed 63 (16.1%) 8 (12.7%) 47 (74.6%) 4 (6.3%)
 Worker 42)10.7%) 6 (14.3%) 33 (78.6%) 3 (7.2%)
 Employee 3 (0.7%) 1) 33.3%) 2 (66.7%) 0) 0%)
 housewife 32 (8.1%) 16 (50%) 8) 25%) 7 (21.9%)
 Farmer 4 (1%) 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Student 12 (3%) 3 (25%) 9 (75%) 0 (0%)
 Driver 10 (2.5%) 2 (20%) 6 (60%) 20 (20%)
 Other 4 (1%) 1 (25%) 3 (75%) 0 (0%)

HBsAg: HBV surface antigen, anti-HCV: antibody against HCV, N: number of patients, p: p-value, IDU: Injection drugs users