Research Article

Viral Hepatitis Endemicity and Trends among an Asymptomatic Adult Population in Ho: A 5-Year Retrospective Study at the Ho Municipal Hospital, Ghana

Table 2

Year-on-year trends of hepatitis viral infectious markers among prospective male blood donors at the Ho Municipal Hospital.

ParametersTotal20122013201420152016 for trends

Donors3696776999560572789Nd
HBsAg250 (6.76)58 (7.47)70 (7.00)36 (6.42)41 (7.16)45 (5.70)0.2019
Anti-HCV53 (1.43)12 (1.54)16 (1.60)11 (2.00)4 (0.99)10 (1.26)0.3246

Data is presented as figure with corresponding percentages in parenthesis. HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen. Anti-HCV: hepatitis C virus antibody. is significant at 0.05. nd: statistical trend analysis not done.