Table 2.
Bivariate and multivariate analyses showing factors associated with Hepatitis B infection, Konso zone, southern Ethiopia, 2019.
| Variable | Category of variable | Hepatitis B status |
COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||||
| Residence | Rural | 84 (19 %) | 360 (81%) | 1.504 (0.717.3.156) | 0.695 (0.292,1.653) | 0.41 |
| Urban | 9 (13.5%) | 58 (86.5%) | 1 | |||
| Sex | Male | 54 (20.5%) | 210 (79.5%) | 1.371 (0.871, 2.16) | 1.757 (1.009,3.059) | 0.04∗∗ |
| Female | 39 (15.8%) | 208 (84.2%) | 1 | |||
| Age (years) | 18–24 | 20 (16.3%) | 103 (83.7%) | 0.90 (0.396,2.062) | 1.482 (0.574,3.829) | 0.41 |
| 25–34 | 21 (12.2%) | 127 (85.8%) | 1.061 (0.469,2.398) | 1.182 (0.487,2.865) | 0.71 | |
| 35–44 | 33 (35.1%) | 61 (64.9%) | 0.34 (0.147,0.718) | 4.123 (1.718,9.892) | 0.002∗∗ | |
| 45–54 | 9 (11.4%) | 70 (88.6%) | 1.365 (0.519,3.585) | 0.716 (0.252,2.036) | 0.53 | |
| ≥55 | 10 (15%) | 57 (85%) | 1 | |||
| Education | Illiterates | 66 (19.8%) | 269 (80.2%) | 0.679 (0.228,2.025) | 0.795 (0.43,1.471) | 0.46 |
| Elementary | 23 (15.6%) | 125 (84.4%) | 0.906 (0.287,2.855) | 0.605 (0.179,2.048) | 0.41 | |
| Secondary and above | 4 (14.3%) | 24 (85.7%) | 1 | |||
| Occupation | Farmer | 72 (17.8%) | 333 (82.2%) | 1.266 (0.546,2.937) | 1.289 (0.415,4.002) | 0.66 |
| Merchant | 7 (14.6%) | 41 (85.4%) | 0.368 (0.162,0.836) | 1.308 (0.321,5.32) | 0.70 | |
| Daily Laborer | 10 (37.1%) | 17 (62.9%) | 1.459 (0.495,4.3) | 4.551 (1.115,18.57) | 0.03∗∗ | |
| Government | 4 (13%) | 27 (87%) | 1 | |||
| Wealth index | Poorest | 19 (17.8%) | 88 (82.2%) | 0.723 (0.366,1.427) | 1.812 (0.849,3.866) | 0.12 |
| Poor | 23 (23%) | 77 (77%) | 1.168 (0.571,2.392) | 0.993 (0.453,2.178) | 0.98 | |
| Medium | 17 (15.6%) | 92 (84.4%) | 0.943 (0.467,1.905) | 0.987 (0.453,2.15) | 0.97 | |
| Rich | 19 (18.7%) | 83 (81.3%) | 1.123 (0.534,2.359) | 0.722 (0.31,1.678) | 0.44 | |
| Richest | 15 (16.2%) | 78 (83.8%) | 1 | |||
| Marital status | Single | 13 (17.6%) | 61 (82.4%) | 1 | ||
| Divorced/Widowed | 4 (17.4%) | 19 (82.6%) | 1.055 (0.552,2.018) | 1.203 (0.305,4.748) | 0.79 | |
| Married | 76 (18.4%) | 338 (81.6%) | 1.068 (0.353,3.230) | 0.751 (0.353,1.599) | 0.45 | |
| Number of sexual partners | ≥2 partners | 17 (18.5%) | 75 (81.5%) | 0.978 (0.546,1.75) | 0.942 (0.486,1.828) | 0.93 |
| Single partner | 76 (18.2%) | 343 (81.8%) | 1 | |||
| Alcohol drinking | Yes | 52 (89.6%) | 6 (10.4%) | 0.971 (0.435,2.168) | 1.22 (0.49, 3.01) | 0.67 |
| No | 416 (91.8%) | 37 (8.2%) | 1 | |||
| Unsafe abortion | Yes | 5 (14.8%) | 29 (85.2%) | 0.762 (0.287,2.024) | 1.225 (0.407,3.686) | 0.71 |
| No | 88 (18.5%) | 389 (81.5%) | 1 | |||
| Hospital admission | Yes | 28 (17.4%) | 133 (82.6%) | 0.923 (0.566,1.505) | 1.041 (0.587,1.846) | 0.89 |
| No | 65 (18.6%) | 285 (81.4%) | 1 | |||
| Skin tattooing | Yes | 9 (9.7%) | 44 (10.5%) | 0.91 (0.43,1.94) | 1.55 (0.62, 3.84) | 0.35 |
| No | 84 (90.3%) | 374 (89.5%) | 1 | |||
| Teeth extraction | Yes | 26 (28.0%) | 91 (21.8%) | 1.39 (0.84, 2.32) | 0.78 (0.45,1.39) | 0.40 |
| No | 67 (72.0%) | 327 (78.2%) | 1 | |||
| History of surgery | Yes | 7 (7.5%) | 25 (6.0%) | 1.28 (0.54, 3.05) | 0.55 (0.19, 1.57) | 0.26 |
| No | 86 (92.5%) | 393 (94.0%) | 1 | |||
| History of Blood Transfusion | Yes | 2 (2.2%) | 22 (5.3%) | 0.39 (0.09,1.71) | 3.15 (0.63, 15.77) | 0.16 |
| No | 91 (97.8%) | 396 (94.7%) | 1 | |||
| Contact with liver disease patients | Yes | 16 (27.6%) | 42 (72.4%) | 2 (0.995,3.478) | 2.496 (1.187,5.248) | 0.01∗∗ |
| No | 77 (17%) | 376 (83%) | 1 | |||
| Awareness of HBV transmission | Good | 41 (70.6%) | 17 (29.4%) | 1 | ||
| Poor | 326 (71.9%) | 127 (28.1%) | 1.54 (0.89,2.63) | 2.056 (1.074,3.934) | 0.03 ∗∗ | |
| Awareness of HB virus prevention | Good | 24 (41.4%) | 34 (58.6%) | 1 | ||
| Poor | 286 (63.1%) | 167 (36.9%) | 1.155 (0.725,1.838) | 1.155 (1.337,0.556) | 3.21 | |
Note: COR: Crude Odds Ratio; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; ∗∗significant at p-value < 0.05.