Table 3. Sero-prevalence for HBV and HCV infections.
| Characteristics | Category | HBsAg (using Alere DetermineTM test) | P value | Anti-HCV | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | ||||
| Sex | Male | 28(8.8) | 290(91.2) | 0.12 | 7(2.2) | 311(97.8) | 0.61 |
| Female | 17(5.6) | 287(94.4) | 5(1.6) | 299(98.4) | |||
| Age Group | <18 | 2(3.1) | 62(96.9) | 0.64 | 1(1.6) | 63(98.4) | 0.02* |
| 18–29 | 17(6.9) | 230(93.1) | 2(0.8) | 245(99.2) | |||
| 30–45 | 21(8.8) | 218(91.2) | 4(1.7) | 235(98.3) | |||
| 46–65 | 4(7.0) | 53(93.0) | 4(7.0) | 53(93.0) | |||
| >65 | 1(6.7) | 14(93.3) | 1(6.7) | 14(93.3) | |||
| Educational Status | Not attended formal education | 26(6.7) | 363(93.3) | 0.49 | 8(2.1) | 381(97.9) | 0.77 |
| Primary school attended | 19(8.2) | 214(91.8) | 4(1.7) | 229(98.3) | |||
| Occupation | Farmer | 18(7.0) | 238(93.0) | 0.97 | 3(1.2) | 253(98.8) | 0.47 |
| Pastoralist | 22(7.3) | 281(92.7) | 7(2.3) | 296(97.7) | |||
| Others | 5(7.9) | 58(92.1) | 2(3.2) | 61(96.8) | |||
| District | Debub Ari | 19(6.9) | 257(93.1) | 0.78 | 2(0.7) | 274(99.3) | 0.09 |
| Bena-Tsemay | 4(10.0) | 36(90.0) | 2(5.0) | 38(95.0) | |||
| Hamer | 22(7.2) | 284(92.8) | 8(2.6) | 298(97.4) | |||
| Upper abdominal pain | Yes | 12(10.2) | 106(89.8) | 0.17 | 4(3.4) | 114(96.6) | 0.20 |
| No | 33(6.5) | 471(93.5) | 8(1.6) | 496(98.4) | |||
| Dark urine | Yes | 6(14.0) | 37(86.0) | 0.08 | 1(2.3) | 42(97.7) | 0.85 |
| No | 39(6.7) | 540(93.3) | 11(1.9) | 568(98.1) | |||
| Joint pain and Muscle aches | Yes | 9(9.0) | 91(91.0) | 0.46 | 2(2.0) | 98(98.0) | 0.96 |
| No | 36(6.9) | 486(93.1) | 10(1.9) | 512(98.1) | |||
| Weakness and fatigue | Yes | 9(19.1) | 38(80.9) | <0.01* | 0 | 47(100.0) | 0.32 |
| No | 36(6.3) | 539(93.7) | 12(2.1) | 563(97.9) | |||
| Presence of Jaundice | Yes | 0 | 11(100.0) | 0.35 | 1(9.1) | 10(90.9) | 0.08 |
| No | 45(7.4) | 566(92.6) | 11(1.8) | 600(98.2) | |||
*Significant at P value <0.05