Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis B and C Virus Infections: A Five-Year Retrospective Study among Blood Donors in Saboba District in the Northern Region of Ghana
Table 1
Year-on-year trend of HBV and HCV infections among blood donors in Saboba District.
Parameter
Donors
(HBV (95% CI))
OR (95% CI)
(HCV (95% CI))
OR (95% CI)
(coinfection (95% CI))
OR (95% CI)
Total
8605 (100.00)
825 (9.59 (9.00-10.20))
1094 (12.71 (12.00-13.40))
192 (2.23 (1.90-2.60))
2013
2038 (23.68)
234 (11.48 (10.10-12.90))
1
307 (15.11 (13.50-16.70))
1
24 (1.18 (0.80-1.0))
1
2014
1983 (23.04)
197 (9.93 (8.70-11.30))
0.9 (0.7-1.0)
322 (16.24 (14.60-17.90))
1.1 (0.9-1.3)
116 (5.85 (4.90-7.00))
5.2 (3.3-8.1)
2015
1489 (17.30)
147 (9.87 (8.40-11.50))
0.8 (0.7-1.1)
145 (9.74 (8.30-11.40))
0.6 (0.5-0.8)
21 (1.41(0.90-2.10))
1.2 (0.7-2.2)
2016
1169 (13.59)
89 (7.61(6.20-9.30))
0.6 (0.5-0.8)
91 (7.78(6.30-9.50))
0.5 (0.4-0.6)
12 (1.03 (0.50-1.80))
0.9 (0.4-1.7)
2017
1926 (22.38)
158 (8.20 (7.00-9.50))
0.7 (0.6-0.9)
229 (11.94 (10.50-13.40))
0.8 (0.6-0.9)
19 (0.99 (0.60-1.50))
0.8 (0.5-1.5)
value
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.0010
Data are presented as frequency with corresponding percentages in parenthesis for donors. HBV, HCV, and HBV/HCV coinfections are presented as frequency and percentages in parentheses with the 95% confidence intervals attached in parenthesis. HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Significant odds ratio. is significant at < 0.05.
