Table 1.
Descriptive sociodemographic characteristics (2017–2019).
| Variables | Total (n = 139) | Hepatitis A (Case Group) (n = 52) |
Control Group (n = 87) |
p-Value * | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Biological Sex | 0.024 | ||||||
| Feminine | 47 | (33.81) | 11 | (21.15) | 36 | (41.38) | |
| Masculine | 92 | (66.19) | 41 | (78.85) | 51 | (58.62) | |
| Sexual Orientation | 0.002 | ||||||
| Heterosexual Women | 41 | (29.5) | 8 | (15.38) | 33 | (37.93) | |
| WSW 1 | 6 | (4.32) | 3 | (5.77) | 3 | (3.45) | |
| Heterosexual Men | 38 | (27.34) | 11 | (21.15) | 27 | (31.03) | |
| MSM 2 | 54 | (38.85) | 30 | (57.69) | 24 | (27.59) | |
| Age Groups | <0.001 | ||||||
| 20 to 29 years | 32 | (23.02) | 24 | (46.15) | 8 | (9.2) | |
| 30 to 39 years | 42 | (30.22) | 20 | (38.46) | 22 | (25.29) | |
| 40 to 59 years | 36 | (25.9) | 7 | (13.46) | 29 | (33.33) | |
| 60 years or more | 29 | (20.86) | 1 | (1.93) | 28 | (32.18) | |
| Mean age | 40.03 ± 12.97 (20 to 77 years) |
- | 32.19 ± 10.54 (20 to 73 years) |
- | 44.71 ± 12.03 (22 to 77 years) |
- | <0.001 |
| Planning Area 3 | 0.001 | ||||||
| North † | 2.23 | (42.45) | 1.17 | (59.62) | 1.06 | (32.18) | |
| South † | 0.69 | (6.47) | 0.08 | (1.92) | 0.6 2 | (9.2) | |
| West † | 1.72 | (28.78) | 0.34 | (15.38) | 1.38 | (36.78) | |
| Central † | 0.85 | (7.91) | 0.54 | (13.46) | 0.31 | (4.6) | |
| Neighboring cities a | 0.75 | (14.39) | 0.18 | (9.62) | 0.56 | (17.24) | |
Note: n = participant’s number; * Chi-square test (p < 0.05); 1 men have sex with men; 2 women have sex with women; 3 Cases per 100,000 inhabitants; † total population per area = 2,646,515, 1,297,721, 2,321,863, and 1,297,721, respectively [26]; a Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, and São Gonçalo (total population = 2,651,033) [26].