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. 2017 Oct 14;23(38):7037–7046. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i38.7037

Table 3.

Determinants for initiating hepatitis B virus vaccination sequence

Risk-factor Univariate
Multivariable5
OR (95%CI) P value OR (95%CI) P value
Female vs male 0.61 (0.37-0.99) 0.04
Age (per yr) 1.00 (0.98-1.02) 0.8
Parents from high endemic region 1.52 (0.89-2.58) 0.12
Traveled to high endemic region1 1.43 (0.83-2.45) 0.19
Care in high endemic region 1.45 (0.79-2.67) 0.2
Transfusion 0.28 (0.03-2.28) 0.2
Tattoos 1.26 (0.63-2.55) 0.5
Piercing 1.05 (0.66-1.67) 0.8
Close contact with HBV+ individual 1.14 (0.48-2.70) 0.8
Men who have sex with men 2.05 (0.97-4.34) 0.06 2.53 (1.14-5.60) 0.02
Nasal drug-use 0.37 (0.13-1.07) 0.07 0.41 (0.14-1.21) 0.1
Intravenous drug-use 3.42 (0.41-28.40) 0.3
Long-term stay at a medical center 1.02 (0.33-3.14) 0.9
Previously incarcerated 0.71 (0.24-2.06) 0.5
HBV-prevalence of birth region
Low (< 2.0%) 1 1
Intermediate (2.0%-8.0%) 4.39 (2.35-8.19) < 0.001 3.58 (1.85-6.95) < 0.001
High (> 8.0%) 4.43 (2.24-8.75) < 0.001 3.44 (1.65-7.15) 0.001
Health insurance plan
Social security or CMU2 1 1
CMUc3 1.13 (0.35-3.62) 0.8 0.76 (0.23-2.58) 0.7
AME4, Other, or none 4.54 (2.21-9.30) < 0.001 2.60 (1.23-5.52) 0.01
Number of life-time sexual partners
0-1 1
2-9 0.93 (0.47-1.87) 0.8
≥ 10 0.75 (0.35-1.60) 0.5

Per-protocol analysis on the 902 non-immunized participants who were able to be contacted.

1

Period of stay was longer than 3 mo;

2

Couverture médicale universelle, health insurance coverage that is given to persons living in precarious situations (i.e. unemployed, poverty, etc;

3

Couverture médicale universelle complémentaire, additional health insurance coverage that is given to stable residents in France living with limited financial resources;

4

Aide médicale d’état, health insurace generally given to immigrants without proper documentation;

5

When constructing the multivariable model, gender was not included due to collinearity with men who have sex with men.