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. 2018 Mar 12;11:171. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3276-y

Table 2.

Demographic variables of individual infections among reactive and non-reactive blood donors

Characteristics HIV (n = 14) p-value HBV (n = 42) p-value HCV (n = 39) p-value Syphilis (n = 19) p-value
Non-reactive Reactive Non-reactive Reactive Non-reactive Reactive Non-reactive Reactive
Counties
 Homabay 322 7 0.062 317 12 0.824 318 11 0.633 323 6 0.192
 Kisumu 503 3 ref. 489 17 ref. 492 14 ref. 502 4 ref.
 Siaya 376 4 0.45 367 13 0.96 366 14 0.441 371 9 0.66
Age groups years
 Teenagers (16–19) 965 11 ref. 945 31 ref. 947 29 ref. 961 15 ref.
 Adults (20–65) 236 3 0.863 228 11 0.282 229 10 0.348 235 4 0.879
Gender
 Female 510 5 ref. 501 14 ref. 498 17 ref. 508 7 ref.
 Male 691 9 0.613 672 28 0.23 678 22 0.877 688 12 0.623
Marital status
 Married 50 0 49 1 ref. 50 0 50 0
 Single 1151 14 1124 41 0.57 1126 39 1146 19
Drug use
 No 1189 14 1161 42 1164 39 1185 18 ref.
 Yes 12 0 12 0 12 0 11 1 0.095
High risk sex
 No 1139 13 ref. 1115 37 ref. 1116 36 ref. 1134 18 ref.
 Yes 62 1 0.741 58 5 0.046 60 3 0.476 62 1 0.988
No. donations
 First 888 12 ref. 869 32 ref. 869 31 ref. 884 16 ref.
 Repeats 313 2 0.329 305 10 0.75 307 8 0.435 312 3 0.317
Blood transfusion
 No 1180 14 1153 41 ref. 1157 37 ref. 1175 19
 Yes 21 0 20 1 0.742 19 2 0.118 21 0

High risk sex was significantly associated with HBV infections p = 0.046

Data shown are: ref., reference category; n, numbers; HIV-1/2Ag/Ab, human immunodeficiency virus 1 and 2 antigen and antibody; HBVsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; Anti-HCV, antibody to hepatitis C virus; –, no analysis done due to lack of cases; No, not exposed; Yes, exposed; Reactive, seropositive; Non-reactive, seronegative