Table 2.

Risk factors for HBeAg positivity

	N	Odds ratio univariable analysis	p-value	Odds ratio multivariable analysis	p-value
Sex	391
Female	170	1	0.61
Male	221	1.12 (0.71–1.78)
Age	391	0.98 (0.97–0.99)	0.04	0.98 (0.96–0.99)	0.02
Genotype	391
A	67	1		1
B	31	0.96 (0.38–2.45)	0.93	0.79 (0.23–2.65)	0.70
C	36	2.63 (1.14–6.07)	0.02	1.99 (0.67–5.91)	0.22
D	222	0.77 (0.42–1.42)	0.41	1.57 (0.70–3.54)	0.28
E	28	0.94 (0.36–2.49)	0.90	1.37 (0.35–5.35)	0.64
F	7	3.13 (0.64–15.30)	0.16	4.11 (0.73–23.10)	0.11
Region of origin	391
Switzerland	63	1		1
Europe and Mediterranean	161	0.34 (0.18–0.66)	0.01	0.24 (0.10–0.57)	0.01
Sub-Saharan Africa	39	0.64 (0.27–1.51)	0.31	0.42 (0.11–1.53)	0.19
Asia	89	1.27 (0.66–2.45)	0.48	1.03 (0.41–2.58)	0.94
Unknown and Other	39	0.81 (0.35–1.88)	0.63	0.53 (0.20–1.40)	0.20
HIV Status	228		0.03		0.11
HIV positive	15	4.51 (1.45–14.01)		2.53 (0.82–7.84)

95 % Conf. Interval in brackets; HIV Human Immunodeficiency virus