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. 2020 Feb 2;10(1):e034114. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034114

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies

Author Income group Race Population Sample size HBV infection (n/%)
Total A, non-A* B, non-B* AB, non-AB* O, non-O*
Terrier et al 29 High Caucasian Blood donors 5968 55/0.92 9/0.37, 46/1.31 4/0.66, 51/0.95 2/0.78, 53/0.93 40/1.51, 15/0.45
Leski et al 30 High Caucasian Patients 155 34/21.94 16/23.19, 18/20.93 4/28.57, 30/21.28 0/0, 34/22.67 14/20.9, 20/22.73
Szmuness et al 19 High Caucasian Blood donors 8096 177/2.19 61/2.06, 116/2.26 25/2.21, 152/2.18 13/3.57, 164/2.12 78/2.14, 99/2.23
Zuberi and Lodi31 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 1111 38/3.42 9/3.36, 29/3.44 5/1.23, 33/4.69 2/3.64, 36/3.41 22/5.77, 16/2.19
Vale et al 32 Lower middle African General 836 40/4.78 18/5.61, 22/4.27 6/4.11, 34/4.93 5/4.59, 35/4.81 11/4.23, 29/5.03
Moore et al 33 Low Caucasian Blood donors 14 916 495/3.32 127/3.48, 368/3.27 103/3.21, 392/3.35 17/3.1, 478/3.33 248/3.3, 247/3.33
Szmuness et al 20 High Caucasian Blood donors 51 019 58/0.11 22/0.11, 36/0.11 5/0.08, 53/0.12 4/0.16, 54/0.11 27/0.12, 31/0.11
Lenka et al 34 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 500 24/4.8 12/9.3, 12/3.23 8/4.08, 16/5.26 0/0, 24/5.25 4/3.03, 20/5.43
Nath et al 35 High Caucasian Blood donors 1585 68/4.29 22/4.03, 46/4.44 9/3.35, 59/4.48 3/4.17, 65/4.30 34/4.87, 34/3.83
Kulkarni et al 36 Lower middle African Blood donors 1860 165/8.87 51/13.11, 114/7.85 17/3.11, 148/11.27 18/18.75, 147/8.33 79/9.54, 86/8.33
Naidu and Rajyalakshmi37 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 1029 145/14.09 49/20.08, 96/12.40 42/12.39, 103/14.93 11/17.74, 134/13.86 43/11.20, 102/15.81
Sebastian et al 38 High Asian Blood donors 3276 134/4.09 30/4.17, 104/4.08 30/3.50, 104/4.30 10/4.76, 124/4.04 64/4.30, 70/3.91
Zhu et al 39 Upper middle Asian Blood donors 8683 153/1.76 44/1.62, 109/1.83 30/1.37, 123/1.89 18/2.59, 135/1.69 61/1.98, 92/1.64
Joshi and Ghimire40 Low Asian General 613 17/2.77 4/2.09, 13/3.08 5/2.86, 12/2.74 1/2.13, 16/2.83 7/3.5, 10/2.42
El-Gilany and El-Fedawy41 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 2157 93/4.31 27/3.42, 66/4.87 19/3.85, 74/4.45 12/5.88, 81/4.15 35/5.23, 58/3.90
Behal et al 21 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 20 000 450/2.25 106/2.30, 344/2.24 174/2.34, 276/2.20 38/1.87, 412/2.29 132/2.23, 318/2.26
Rifat-uz-Zaman42 Lower middle Caucasian General 1464 93/6.35 5/3.01, 88/6.90 35/6.63, 58/6.20 23/6.99, 70/6.17 30/6.80, 63/6.16
Dirisu et al 43 Lower middle African Blood donors 427 200/46.84 32/45.71, 168/47.06 39/52, 161/45.74 1/33.33, 199/46.93 128/45.88, 72/48.65
Saeed Anwar et al 44 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 16 695 467/2.80 103/2.60, 364/2.86 139/2.31, 328/3.07 17/2.64, 450/2.80 208/3.42, 259/2.44
Omar et al 45 Upper middle Caucasian Blood donors 430 71/16.51 15/12.5, 56/18.06 21/21.43, 50/15.06 3/5.36, 68/18.18 32/20.51, 39/14.23
Tyagi and Tyagi46 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 6000 95/1.58 27/1.87, 68/1.49 27/1.27, 68/1.75 9/1.98, 86/1.55 32/1.62, 63/1.57
Sethi et al 47 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 7884 50/0.63 15/0.60, 35/0.65 10/0.41, 40/0.74 11/1.28, 39/0.56 14/0.68, 36/0.62
Mohammadali and Pourfathollah18 Upper middle Caucasian Blood donors 2 028 068 7839/0.39 2553/0.40, 5286/0.38 1952/0.40, 5887/0.38 627/0.41, 7212/0.38 2707/0.36, 5132/0.40
Nigam et al 48 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 4128 40/0.97 12/1.17, 28/0.90 11/0.75, 29/1.09 2/0.50, 38/1.02 15/1.22, 25/0.86
Lao et al b16 High Asian General 78 705 7786/9.89 2038/9.90, 5748/9.97 1991/9.60, 5795/10.00 468/9.11, 7318/9.95 3289/10.20, 4497/9.68
Zhao et al 49 Upper middle Asian Patients 500 66/13.20 17/11.18, 49/14.71 16/9.82, 50/14.84 15/16.67, 51/12.44 18/18.95, 48/11.85
Siransy et al 50 Upper middle African Blood donors 59 514 4119/6.92 947/7.15, 3172/6.86 941/6.78, 3178/6.96 187/6.77, 3932/6.93 2044/6.9, 2075/6.94
Navolan et al 51 Upper middle Caucasian General 1385 33/2.38 15/2.42, 18/2.37 7/3.11, 26/2.24 4/3.54, 29/2.28 7/1.64, 26/2.71
Bisetegen et al 52 Low African Blood donors 390 37/9.49 7/6.73, 30/10.49 10/12.99, 27/8.63 2/22.22, 35/9.19 18/9, 19/10
Abate and Wolde27 Low African Blood donors 6827 647/9.48 114/5.66, 533/11.10 54/5.45, 593/10.16 9/4.27, 638/9.64 470/13.02, 177/5.50
Bharadva et al 53 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 41 909 237/0.57 62/0.63, 175/0.55 85/0.58, 152/0.56 22/0.55, 215/0.57 68/0.51, 169/0.59
Naseri et al 54 Upper middle Caucasian Blood donors 228 409 640/0.28 208/0.29, 432/0.28 180/0.34, 460/0.26 42/0.24, 598/0.28 210/0.25, 430/0.30
Memon et al 55 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 4683 66/1.41 15/1.37, 51/1.42 21/1.53, 45/1.36 9/2.94, 57/1.30 21/1.10, 45/1.63
Liu et al 17 Upper middle Asian General 3 827 125 215455/5.63 64811/5.55, 150644/5.71 58286/5.18, 157169/5.82 18707/5.06, 196748/5.69 73651/6.34, 141804/5.32
Batool et al 56 Lower middle Caucasian Blood donors 41 084 969/2.36 321/2.72, 648/2.22 289/2.21, 680/2.43 82/2.13, 887/2.38 277/2.24, 692/2.41
Ngassaki-Y et al 57 Upper middle African Blood donors 4744 81/1.71 – – – 34/1.22, 47/2.41
Fu et al 58 Upper middle Asian Patients 2000 389/19.45 105/21.43, 284/18.81 89/18.94, 300/19.61 59/21.85, 330/19.08 136/17.66, 253/20.57
Nkansah et al 59 Lower middle African Blood donors 3306 342/10.34 48/11.76, 294/10.21 63/9.35, 279/10.67 1/3.33, 341/10.47 230/10.48, 112/10.07

*The number of HBV infected people in the X blood group/HBV prevalence (%) in the X blood group; the number of HBV-infected people in the non-X blood group/HBV prevalence (%) in the non-X blood group.

HBV, Hepatitis B virus.