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. 2012 Dec 27;9:317. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-9-317

Table 6.

Potential risk factors and prevalence of HBsAg among the pregnant women

HBsAg
Risk factor
Total (%)
  Tattooing/tribal marks (%) History of previous blood transfusion (%) History of abortion (%) History of HBV vaccination (%) No risk factor (%)  
Positive
9 (12.7)
0 (0)
2 (5.4)
3 (37.5)
19 (23.7)
33 (16.5)
Negative
62 (87.3)
4 (100)
35 (94.6)
5 (62.5)
61 (76.3)
167 (83.5)
Total 71 4 37 8 80 200

X2 = 10.7460 P-value = 0.0296 df = 4.