Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.

VARIABLES	cHBV	CONTROLS	TOTAL	p-value
	N=110(%)	N=134(%)	244(%)
Sex
Male	59 (53.64)	60 (44.78)	119 (48.7)	0.211
Female	51 (46.36)	74 (55.22)	125 (51.23)
Age (years)
<25	11(10)	38 (28.36)	49(20.08)
25–39	55 (50)	70 (52.24)	125 (51.23)	0.017
>39	44(40)	26(19.40)	70(28.70)
Serological Status
HBV+	110 (100)	0 (0.0)	110 (100)	-
HBV−	0 (0.0)	134(100)	134 (100)	-
HIV+/HCV+	0 (0.0)	0(0.0)	0 (0.0)	-
HIV−/HCV−	110(45.08)	134(54.92)	244(100)	-