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. 1998 Dec 15;4(6):489–492. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v4.i6.489

Table 3.

Positive rates of anti-HGV, HBsAg, HBVM and anti-HCV of wives and husbands

Husbands infection status Wives anti-HGV positive rate (%)
Wives HBsAg (%)
Wives HBVM (%)
Wives anti-HCV (%)
A B A B A B A B
+ 40.0 53.3 0 11.1 60.0 72.0 68.8 11.1
(2/5) (8/15) (0/1) (1/9) (6/10) (36/50) (11/16) (1/9)
- 8.3 7.8 17.6 8.9 62.5 40 100.0 7.4
(1/12) (4/51) (3/17) (5/56) (5/8) (6/15) (4/4) (4/54)
Total 17.6 18.2 16.7 9.2 61.1 64.6 75.0 7.9
(3/17) (12/66) (3/18) (6/65) (11/18) (42/65) (15/20) (5/63)
OR value 7.4 13.4 0 1.3 0.9 3.9 0
χ2 2.29 16.1 0.20 0.04 0.01 5.09 1.58 0.14
P value < 0.05 < 0.001 > 0.05 > 0.05 > 0.05 < 0.05 > 0.05 > 0.05

A: Both had blood donations; B: One or neither had blood donations