Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and its risk factors among individuals visiting Goba General Hospital, South East Ethiopia, 2012

Table 3 Results from multiple logistic regressions on factors associated with hepatitis b surface antigen among study subjects at Goba General Hospital, South East Ethiopia, 2012

Risk factors		COR	P	95% CI	P	AOR	95% CI
Hepatitis immunization	No	-	0.998	-	0.998	-	-
Hepatitis immunization	Yes	Reference group
History of hospital admission	No	3.03	0.008	1.35-6.85	0.214	0.506	0.17-1.48
History of hospital admission	Yes	Reference group
History of blood transfusion	No	1.62	0.54	0.35-7.46	0.322	2.574	0.39-16.72
History of blood transfusion	Yes	Reference group
History of unsafe injection	No	4.0	0.021	1.23-13.39	0.894	1.119	0.21-5.89
History of unsafe injection	Yes	Reference group
Multiple partners	No	4.0	0.021	1.23-13.39	0.001	0.116	0.03-0.39
Multiple partners	Yes	Reference group
History of STI	No	1.7	0.260	0.65-5.01	0.588	1.521	0.33-6.93
History of STI	Yes	Reference group
Invasive procedure	No	1.9	0.100	0.88-4.34	0.094	0.429	0.16-1.15
Invasive procedure	Yes	Reference group
Liver Diseases	No	1.6	0.360	0.58-4.52	0.713	0.498	0.01-20.53
Liver Diseases	Yes	Reference group
Contact with family having Liver diseases	No	1.8	0.260	0.64-5.10	0.661	2.316	0.05-98.47
Contact with family having Liver diseases	Yes	Reference group
HIV infection	No	0.07	0.000	0.03-0.19	0.000	0.068	0.02-0.23
HIV infection	Yes	Reference group

AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval, COR: Crude Odds Ratio, P: p- Value.

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