Table 3: Comparison of participant
characteristic by HBV infection.
|
Risk factor profile |
HBV infected |
Non-infected |
OR |
|
|
|
|
N = 92 |
N = 768 |
(95% CI) |
|
*Mean age (SD) |
|
32.1
(10.5) |
35.6
(11.6) |
0.97 (0.95 to 0.99) |
|
*Sex |
Male |
51
(55.4%) |
337
(43.9%) |
1
(ref) |
|
|
Female |
41
(44.6%) |
430
(56.1%) |
0.63 (0.41 to 0.97) |
|
*Marital
status |
Single
|
48
(14.8%) |
276
(85.2%) |
1 (ref) |
|
|
Married |
35
(9.4%) |
336
(90.6%) |
0.60 (0.38 to 0.95) |
|
|
Others |
9
(5.5%) |
156
(94.6%) |
0.33 (0.16 to 0.69) |
|
Injection Drug use |
No |
87
(10.7%) |
723
(89.3%) |
1 (ref) |
|
|
Yes |
5 (10.0%) |
45 (90.0%) |
0.92 (0.36 to 2.49) |
|
*Contact with
jaundiced persons |
No |
51
(8.6%) |
542
(91.4%) |
1 (ref) |
|
Yes |
41
(15.4%) |
226
(84.6%) |
1.93 (1.24 to 2.99) |
|
|
History
of incarceration |
No |
68
(11.6%) |
519
(88.4%) |
1 (ref) |
|
Yes |
24 (8.8%) |
249 (91.2%) |
0.74 (0.45 to 1.19) |
|
|
Sexually
active |
No |
2
(14.3%) |
12
(85.7%) |
1(ref) |
|
Yes |
90
(10.6%) |
756
(89.4%) |
0.71
(0.16 to 3.24) |
|
|
Number of sexual partners |
0 |
2 (11.8%) |
15 (88.2%) |
1 (ref) |
|
1 |
13
(9.7%) |
121
(90.3%) |
0.81
(0.17 to 3.91) |
|
|
>
2 |
77
(10.9%) |
632
(89.1%) |
0.91
(0.21 to 4.07) |
|
|
Use of a condom |
Never |
22 (10.3%) |
191 (89.7%) |
1 (ref) |
|
Always |
13
(12.5%) |
91
(87.5%) |
1.02
(0.61 to 1.71) |
|
|
Sometimes |
57
(10.5%) |
486
(89.5%) |
1.24
(0.60 to 2.57) |
|
|
Sexually
assaulted |
No |
91
(11.1%) |
730
(88.9%) |
1(ref) |
|
|
Yes
|
1
(2.6%) |
38
(97.4%) |
0.21
(0.03 to 1.56) |
|
Tattoos/ body piercings/
traditional marks |
No |
46 (11.0%) |
373 (89.0%) |
1 (ref) |
|
Yes |
46 (10.4%) |
395 (89.6%) |
0.94 (0.61 to 1.46) |
|
|
Circumcised
traditionally |
No |
46 (50.0%) |
384 (50.0%) |
1 |
|
Yes |
46
(50.0%) |
373
(48.6%) |
0.90
(0.60 to 1.36) |
|
*included in the final
multivariate model.