Table 2. Bivariate analysis of the infectious diseases based on the social and educational characteristics of Honduran Red Cross–northern region blood donors who tested positive for infections between 2014 and 2016.
| Variable | P-values (n = 999) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreHep (n = 348) |
Hep. B (n = 105) |
Hep. C (n = 24) |
HIV (n = 59) |
Syphilis (n = 447) |
HTLV (n = 97) |
|
| Sex Female | <0.001 | 0.189 | 0.610 | 0.024 | 0.002 | 0.010 |
| Age (years)* | 0.917 | <0.001 | 0.016 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Civil status | ||||||
| Others | Comparison group | |||||
| Single | 0.842 | 0.698 | 0.323 | N.C. | 0.727 | 0.308 |
| Married | 0.178 | 0.701 | 0.172 | N.C. | 0.975 | 0.099 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| None | Comparison group | |||||
| Primary | 0.935 | 0.565 | 0.783 | N.C. | 0.726 | 0.895 |
| High school | 0.237 | 0.780 | 0.917 | N.C. | 0.704 | 0.430 |
| College | 0.002 | 0.883 | 0.930 | N.C. | 0.255 | 0.020 |
| Previously donation | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.042 | 0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Replacement donation | 0.049 | 0.767 | 0.153 | 0.930 | 0.158 | <0.001 |
P-values were calculated with generalized linear models, Poisson regression, log-link function and robust models utilized for large datasets. N.C.: Does not converge due to small sample.
* Median and interquartile range.