Table 2.
Risk factors and prevalence of HBsAg among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the Hawassa University referral hospital from April to May, 2015
| Variable | HBV status of mothers (n= 269) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Neg | Pos | Crude OR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| History of blood transfusions | Yes | 9 (3.3) | 9 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 | 0.99 |
| No | 260 (96.7) | 239 (91.9) | 21 (8.1) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Multiple sexual partners | Yes | 39 (14.5) | 37 (94.9) | 2(5.1) | 0.61 (0.13, 2.69) | 0.09 |
| No | 230 (85.5) | 211 (91.7) | 19 (8.3) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Hospital admissions | Yes | 91 (33.8) | 83 (91.2) | 8 (8.8) | 1.23 (0.49, 3.07) | 0.67 |
| No | 178 (66.2) | 165 (92.7) | 13 (7.3) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Circumcision | Yes | 202 (75.1) | 183 (90.6) | 19 (9.4) | 3.40 (0.76, 14.89) | 0.11 |
| No | 67 (24.9) | 65 (97.0) | 2 (3.0) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Surgical procedures | Yes | 57 (21.2) | 51 (89.5) | 6 (10.5) | 1.52 (0.57, 4.18) | 0.39 |
| No | 212 (78.8) | 197 (92.9) | 15 (7.1) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Body tattooing | Yes | 49 (18.2) | 46 (93.9) | 3(6.1) | 0.73 (0.21,2.59) | 0.63 |
| No | 220 (81.8) | 202 (91.8) | 18 (8.2) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| History of abortion | Yes | 74 (27.5) | 67 (90.5) | 7(9.5) | 1.40 (0.52, 3.49) | 0.53 |
| No | 195 (72.5) | 181 (92.8) | 14 (7.2) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| HIV/AIDS status | Neg | 255 (94.8) | 236 (92.5) | 19 (7.5) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.36 |
| Pos | 14 (5.2) | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | 2.07 (0.43, 9.93) | ||
| Risk exposure status | No | 25 (9.3) | 24 (96.0) | 1 (4.0) | 1.00 (reference) | |
| 1 | 97 (36.1) | 90 (92.8) | 7(7.2) | 1.87 (0.22, 15.91) | 0.57 | |
| ≥2 | 147 (54.6) | 134 (91.2) | 13 (8.8) | 2.33 (0.29-18.63) | 0.43 | |
Values are presented as number (%).
HBV, hepatitis B virus; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; Neg, negative; Pos, positive; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome.