Table 2 Percentage of HBV, HCV and HBV-HCV co-infection among study subjects at serology laboratory of Gondar University teaching Hospital from January 2007 to December 2011
Variables | Total HBV suspected (%) | HBsAg positive (%) | α2 | P-value | Total HCV suspected (%) | HCV positive (%) | α2 | P-value | Total HBV-HCV suspected (%) | HBsAg and HCV positive (%) | α2 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 1275(49.1) | 205(55.7) | 9.07 | 0.011 | 924(49.6) | 143(61.9) | 17.4 | <0.001 | 672(47.3) | 23(63.9) | 5.4 | <0.00 |
Female | 1324(50.9) | 163(44.3) | 938(50.4) | 88(38.1) | 750(52.7) | 13(36.1) | 1 | |||||
Age | ||||||||||||
0-14 | 322 | 37(10.1) | 13.1 | 0.36 | 222 | 18(7.8) | 53.6 | <0.001 | 177 | 4(11.1) | 5.4 | <0.00 |
15-24 | 742 | 90(24.5) | 489 | 71(30.7) | 374 | 10(27.8) | 1 | |||||
25-34 | 750 | 111(30.2) | 536 | 58(25.1) | 414 | 9(25.0) | ||||||
35-44 | 414 | 69(18.8) | 311 | 40(17.3) | 235 | 7(19.4) | ||||||
45-54 | 205 | 39(10.6) | 171 | 23(10) | 120 | 2(5.6) | ||||||
55-64 | 96 | 14(3.8) | 77 | 18(7.8) | 56 | 4(11.1) | ||||||
≥65 | 70 | 8(2.2) | 56 | 3(1.3) | 46 | 0 (0) |