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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2011 Oct 18;29(50):9316–9320. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.011

Table 1.

Level of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) after 3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine among older adults by demographic and clinical characteristics—Houston, 2010.

Characteristic Total sample N (%) Anti-HBs < 10 mIU/ml N (%) Anti-HBs ≥ 10 mIU/ml N (%) p-Value Anti-HB4s GMC
GMC 95%CI
Total 48 32 (66.7%) 16 (33.3%) 4.8 2.58–8.91
Age (years)
 ≤60 8 (16.7%) 1 (12.5%) 7 (87.5%) 0.001 72.7 11.35–466.00
 61–69 0 (0.0%)
 70–79 3 (6.2%) 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 9.8 0.0–124012.6
 80–89 20 (41.7%) 14 (70.0%) 6 (30.0%) 3.7 1.67–8.28
 ≥90 17 (35.4%) 15 (88.2%) 2 (11.7%) 1.6 1.02–2.46
Sex
 Male 7 (14.6%) 6 (85.7%) 1 (14.3%) 1.0 3.0 0.30–29.83
 Female 25 (52.1%) 19 (76.0%) 6 (24.0%) 3.0 1.60–5.83
 Missing 16 (33.3%) 7 (43.7%) 9 (56.3%)
Race
 White 32 (66.7%) 25 (78.1%) 7 (21.9%) N/A 3.0 1.61–5.73
 Missing 16 (33.3%) 7 (43.7%) 9 (56.3%)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 23 (47.9%) 18 (78.3%) 5 (21.7%) N/A 3.6 1.57–8.10
 Missing 25 (52.1%) 14 (56.0%) 11 (44.0%)
Diabetes
 No 42 (87.5%) 27 (64.3%) 15 (35.7%) 0.6 5.1 2.69–9.74
 Yes N (%) 5 (10.4%) 4 (80.0%) 1 (20.0%) 3.8 0.09–154.51
 Missing 1 (2.1%) 1 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%)
BMI
 Normal (18.5 to <25) 11 (22.9%) 10 (90.9%) 1 (9.1%) 0.5 2.1 0.78–5.64
 Overweight (25–29) 13 (27.1%) 9 (69.2%) 4 (30.8%) 3.1 1.18–7.95
 Obese (≥30) 5 (10.4%) 4 (80.0%) 1 (20.0%) 6.5 0.19–219.76
 Missing 19 (39.6%) 9 (47.4%) 10 (52.6%)
Smoking
 Non-smoker 29 (60.4%) 23 (79.3%) 6 (20.7%) 0.4 2.6 1.48–4.63
 Smoker (ex and current) 2 (4.2%) 1 (50.0%) 1 (50.0%) 28.1 0.00–7.27 × 1019
 Missing 17 (35.4%) 8 (47.1%) 9 (52.9%)
Alcohol
 No 9 (18.7%) 7 (77.8%) 2 (22.2%) 1.0 5.4 0.84–34.57
 Yes 12 (25.0%) 9 (75.0%) 3 (25.0%) 2.7 0.98–7.31
 Missing 27 (56.3%) 16 (59.2%) 11 (40.7%)
History of cancer
 No 30 (62.5%) 24 (80.0%) 6 (20.0%) 0.5 2.9 1.52–5.65
 Yes 3 (6.3%) 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 3.0 0.03–352.27
 Missing 15 (31.2%) 6 (40.0%) 9 (60.0%)
Moderate renal disease
 No 27 (56.3%) 21 (77.8%) 6 (22.2%) 1.0 3.0 1.52–6.07
 Yes 6 (12.5%) 5 (83.3%) 1 (16.7%) 2.5 0.37–17.68
 Missing 15 (31.2%) 6 (40.0%) 9 (60.0%)