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. 2019 Oct 16;18:158. doi: 10.1186/s12939-019-1066-3

Table 5.

Screening tests by Region of Birth for Girls (< 15 years old)

Region of Birth
Africa (Col %) Southeast Asia (Col %) Europe/Central Asia (Col %) Latin America and the Caribbean (Col %) South Asia (Col %) Total (Col %) p-value
Total 353 (100) 229 (100) 303 (100) 57 (100) 2577 (100) 3519 (100.0)
Hep B surface antigen 0.175
 Non-reactive 341 (98.8) 206 (100) 245 (99.6) 50 (100) 2151 (99.7) 2993 (99.6)
 Reactive 4 (1.2) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 7 (0.3) 12 (0.4)
Hep C 0.818
 Non-reactive 285 (99.3) 87 (98.9) 136 (100) 36 (100) 1519 (99.4) 2063 (99.4)
 Reactive 2 (0.7) 1 (1.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (0.6) 12 (0.6)
HIV 0.547
 Negative 303 (99.7) 190 (100) 222 (100) 50 (100) 1883 (99.9) 2648 (99.9)
 Positive 1 (0.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.1) 2 (0.1)
Female genital cutting 0.000
 No 223 (94.5) 104 (100) 218 (100) 34 (100) 1713 (99.9) 2292 (99.4)
 Yes 13 (5.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.1) 14 (0.6)
Syphilis VDRL or RPR 0.796
 Non-reactive 92 (100) 105 (99.1) 62 (100) 29 (100) 545 (99.6) 833 (99.6)
 Reactive 0 (0) 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.4)

Age < 15 for all observations