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. 2011 Apr 29;6(4):e18888. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018888

Table 1. Results for each HBV, HDV and HCV serology marker evaluated in the Colombian population (>11 years old).

Variables HBsAg Positives/n (%) anti-HBc Positives/n (%) anti-HBs Positives/n (%) Isolated anti-HBs Positives/n (%) anti-HDV Positives n (%) anti-HCV Positives/n (%)
Sex
Male group 7/163 (4.29%) 56/163 (34.36%) 73/149 (48.99%) 33/96 (34.38%) 3/56 (5.36%) 6/163 (3.68%)
Female group 28/455 (6.15%) 120/456 (26.32%) 175/427 (40.98%) 78/306 (25.49%) 6/117 (5.13%) 16/456 (3.51%)
p 0.378 0.051 0.089 0.089 0.949 0.919
Age group (years)
11–15 1/32(3.13%) 0/32(0.00%) 6/30 (20.00%) 6/30 (20.00%) no samples 0/32(0.00%)
16–20 5/58(8.62%) 7/58 (12.07%) 19/54 (35.19%) 11/45 (24.44%) 0/7 (0.00%) 1/58 (1.72%)
21–25 8/130(6.15%) 25/130 (19.23%) 43/116 (37.07%) 25/94 (26.60%) 1/22 (4.55%) 6/130 (4.62%)
26–30 8/97(8.25%) 26/97 (26.80%) 44/94 (46.81%) 23/66 (34.85%) 0/23 (0.00%) 7/97 (7.22%)
31–35 4/69(5.80%) 20/69 (28.99%) 29/64 (45.31%) 12/45 (26.67%) 1/22 (4.55%) 2/69 (2.90%)
36–40 0/61(0.00%) 20/62 (32.26%) 26/58 (44.83%) 11/38 (28.95%) 1/20 (5.00%) 0/62(0.00%)
41–45 2/55(3.64%) 19/55 (34.55%) 21/52 (40.38%) 7/33 (21.21%) 3/20 (15.0%) 2/55 (3.64%)
46–50 3/35(8.57%) 17/35 (48.57%) 19/33 (57.58%) 5/16 (31.25%) 1/18 (5.56%) 0/35(0.00%)
>51 4/81(4.94%) 42/81 (51.85%) 41/75 (54.67%) 11/35 (31.43) 2/41 (4.88%) 4/81 (4.94%)
p 0.502 <0.001 0.026 0.860 * 0.259
Geographical Origin
Amazonas 14/176 (7.95%) 96/176 (54.55%) 105/168 (62.50%) 24/73 (32.88%) 8/97 (8.25%) 10/176 (5.68%)
Chocó 5/135 (3.70%) 25/136 (18.38%) 67/115 (58.26%) 49/92 (53.26%) 0/27 (0.00%) 5/136 (3.68%)
San Andrés Island 3/152 (1.97%) 6/152 (3.95%) 25/143 (17.48%) 21/137 (15.33%) 0/9 (0.00%) 1/152 (0.66%)
Magdalena 13/155 (8.39%) 49/155 (31.61%) 51/150 (34.00%) 17/100 (17.00%) 1/40 (2.50%) 6/155 (3.87%)
p 0.033 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 * 0.107
Total 35/618 (5.66%) 176/619 (28.43%) 248/576 (43.06%) 111/402 (27.61%) 9/173 (5.20%) 22/619 (3.55%)

*p value was not calculated due to the small number of positive samples.