Table 2.

Distribution of HBV profile group (n=395)

Variables n (%)	Exposure 187 (47.3)			Past infection 145 (36.7)			Vaccination 36 (9.1)
	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P valueb	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P valueb	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P valueb
Sex
Male (n=125)	57 (45.6)	1		48 (38.4)	1		12 (9.6)	1
Female (n=270)	130 (48.1)	1.108 (0.724 to 1.695)	0.637	97 (35.9)	0.899 (0.581 to 1.394)	0.635	24 (8.9)	0.919 (0.444 to 1.902)	0.819
P value	0.358			0.357			0.476
Age
16–25 (n=166)	60 (36.1)	1		46 (27.7)	1		16 (9.6)	1
26–35 (n=155)	79 (51.0)	1.836 (1.175 to 2.870)	0.008	60 (38.7)	1.648 (1.031 to 2.634)	0.037	15 (9.7)	1.004 (0.479 to 2.108)	0.991
36–45 (n=50)	32 (64.0)	3.141 (1.626 to 6.068)	0.001	27 (54.0)	3.062 (1.596 to 5.877)	0.001	3 (6.0)	0.598 (0.167 to 2.143)	0.43
46–65 (n=24)	16 (66.7)	3.533 (1.428 to 8.741)	0.006	12 (50.0)	2.609 (1.094 to 6.223)	0.031	2 (8.3)	0.852 (0.183 to 3.962)	0.838
P value	<0.001			0.003			0.869
Job
Dentist (n=15)	4 (26.7)	1		2 (13.3)	1		4 (26.7)	1
Lab technicians (n=90)	35 (38.9)	1.750 (0.516 to 5.929)	0.369	27 (30.0)	2.786 (0.588 to 13.197)	0.197	11 (12.2)	0.383 (0.104 to 1.414)	0.15
Medical doctors (n=17)	8 (47.1)	2.444 (.552 to 10.833)	0.239	7 (41.2)	4.550 (0.771 to 26.835)	0.094	2 (11.8)	0.367 (0.057 to 2.372)	0.292
Nurse (n=224)	116 (51.8)	2.954 (0.913 to 9.555)	0.071	88 (39.3)	4.206 (0.927 to 19.090)	0.063	15 (6.7)	0.197 (0.056 to 0.695)	0.012
Pharmacist (n=8)	3 (37.5)	1.650 (0.264 to 10.313)	0.592	2 (25.0)	2.167 (0.244 to 19.276)	0.488	2 (25.0)	0.917 (0.128 to 6.556)	0.931
Auxiliary staff (n=41)	21 (51.2)	2.887 (0.789 to 10.573)	0.109	19 (46.3)	5.614 (1.122 to 28.092)	0.036	2 (4.9)	0.141 (0.023 to 0.874)	0.035
P value	0.187			0.147			0.039

Data are n (%); p value <.05 is considered significant.

value of superscript b denotes P-value of subsection.

n, Frequency.