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. 2019 Mar 12;11(3):e4242. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4242

Table 6. Number and Percentage of Surgeons Who Had Been Stuck by a Needle from Patients with Bloodborne Viruses with Odds Ratio and 95% Confidence Intervals.

a Reference Group

CI: confidence interval; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; OR: odds ratio

    N (%) OR (95% CI) P-value
HIV Male 2 (1.2) Refa 0.076
  Female 3 (5.1) 4.5 (0.5 - 54.7)
HBV Male 11 (6.2) Refa 0.002
  Female 12 (19.4) 3.7 (1.4 - 9.7)
HCV Male 12 (6.7) Refa 0.127
  Female 8 (12.9) 2.1 (0.7 - 5.8)