Table 3.

Distribution of HBV profile group (n=395)

Variables n (%)	Current infection 42 (10.6)			Infectivity 10 (2.5)			Susceptibility 172 (43.5)
	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P valueb	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P valueb	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P valueb
Sex
Male (n=125)	9 (7.2)	1		2 (1.6)	1		56 (44.8)	1
Female (n=270)	33 (12.2)	1.795 (0.831 to 3.875)	0.136	8 (3.0)	1.878 (0.393 to 8.974)	0.43	116 (43.0)	0.928 (0.606 to 1.422)	0.732
P value	0.089			0.337			0.407
Age
16–25 (n=166)	14 (8.4)	1		4 (2.4)	1		90 (54.2)	1
26–35 (n=155)	19 (12.3)	1.517 (0.732 to 3.141)	0.262	3 (1.9)	0.799 (0.176 to 3.630)	0.772	61 (39.4)	0.548 (0.352 to 0.854)	0.008
36–45 (n=50)	5 (10.0)	1.206 (0.412 to 3.531)	0.732	1 (2.0)	0.827 (0.090 to 7.568)	0.866	15 (30.0)	0.362 (0.184 to 0.713)	0.003
46–65 (n=24)	4 (16.7)	2.171 (0.651 to 7.246)	0.207	2 (8.3)	3.682 (0.637 to 21.290)	0.145	6 (25.0)	0.281 (0.106 to 0.745)	0.011
P value	0.529			0.313			<0.001
Job
Dentist (n=15)	2 (13.3)	1		0 (0.0)	—		7 (46.7)	1
Lab technicians (n=90)	8 (8.9)	0.634 (0.121 to 3.323)	0.59	0 (0.0)	—		44 (48.9)	1.093 (0.366 to 3.269)	0.873
Medical doctors (n=17)	1 (5.9)	0.406 (0.033 to 4.997)	0.482	1 (5.9)	2.500 (0.147 to 42.440)	0.526	7 (41.2)	0.800 (0.197 to 3.246)	0.755
Nurse (n=224)	28 (12.5)	0.929 (0.199 to 4.333)	0.925	7 (3.1)	1.290 (0.155 to 10.774)	0.814	93 (41.5)	0.811 (0.284 to 2.315)	0.696
Pharmacist (n=8)	1 (12.5)	0.929 (0.071 to 12.136)	0.955	1 (12.5)	5.714 (0.319 to 102.386)	0.236	3 (37.5)	0.686 (0.119 to 3.963)	0.673
Auxiliary staff (n=41)	2 (4.9)	0.333 (0.043 to 2.610)	0.295	1 (2.4)	1		18 (43.9)	0.894 (0.273 to 2.932)	0.854
P value	0.687			0.217			0.896

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

value of superscript b denotes P-value of subsection.