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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: Vox Sang. 2014 Feb 21;107(1):19–25. doi: 10.1111/vox.12125

Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, epidemiological and laboratory data from blood donors classified as OBIs

Variables Identification of donor Group A (anti-HBc+/anti-HBs+) (n = 216)
Group B (anti-HBc+/anti-HBs−) (n = 75)
(D1) (D2) (D3) (D4) (D5) (D6) (D7) (D8)
Municipality Manacapuru Fonte Boa Tefé Manicoré Apǔ́ Coari Humaitá Fonte Boa
Sex Ma M M M M M M M
Age 41 33 51 50 37 42 63 36
First donation No No No No No No Yes No
Marital status Married Married Married Married Stabled Married Stabled Stabled
Health care worker No No No No No Yes No No
Received blood transfusion No No No No No No No No
Past hepatitis No No No No No No No No
Family history HBV No No No No No No No No
Partner had hepatitis No No No No No No Unknown No
Mother had hepatitis No No Unknown No No No No No
Use injectable drugs No No No No No No No Unknown
Past surgery No No No No No No Yes No
Hep B vaccine No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes
Has a tattoo or piercing No No No Yes No No No No
Sharing of manicure/shaving equipment No No No No No No Yes No
Did acupuncture No No No No No No No No
Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 0
Use of alcoholic beverages No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Anti-HBc positive (S/CO) 0·059b 8·87c 5·480c 6·13c 8·19c 0·080b 4·96c 10·99c
Anti-HBs mIU/ml >1000 608·79 281·53 284·09 >1000 >1000 33·94 0·05
HBV DNA IU/ml 4·5 3·5 29·0 6751 21·5 6·5 9·6 3·6
a

M, Male.

b

ELISA (competitive assay Murex, S/CO values <1 are considered reactive).

c

Chemiluminescence.

d

Living together in a monogamous relationship.