BioMed Research International / 2022 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
High Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Virus Infections among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Borumeda General Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia Table 1 Seroprevalence of HBV and HCV with sociodemographic characteristics among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Borumeda General Hospital from April to May, 2020 (
).Variables Categories Total Frequency (%) HBV Frequency (%) HCV Frequency (%) HBV or HCV Frequency (%) Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Age (years) 15-25 72 (58.1) 6 (8.3) 66 (91.7) 3 (4.2) 69 (95.8) 9 (12.5) 63 (87.5) 26 & above 52 (41.9) 4 (7.7) 48 (92.3) 1 (1.9) 51 (98.1) 5 (9.6) 47 (90.4) Residence Urban 72 (58.1) 6 (8.3) 66 (91.7) 1 (1.4) 71 (98.6) 7 (9.7) 65 (90.3) Rural 52 (41.9) 4 (7.7) 48 (92.3) 3 (5.8) 49 (94.2) 7 (13.5) 45 (86.5) Marital status Married 114 (91.9) 8 (7.0) 106 (93.0) 3 (2.6) 111 (97.4) 11 (9.6) 103 (90.4) Single 10 (8.1) 2 (20) 8 (80) 1 (10) 9 (90) 3 (30) 7 (70) Educational status Secondary & above 27 (21.8) 3 (11.1) 24 (88.9) 1 (3.7) 82 (98.8) 4 (14.8) 23 (85.2) 1-8 51 (41.1) 3 (5.9) 48 (94.1) 1 (2.0) 50 (98) 4 (7.8) 47 (92.2) Read & write 23 (18.5) 1 (4.3) 22 (95.7) 1 (4.3) 22 (95.7) 2 (8.7) 21 (91.3) Illiterate 23 (18.5) 3 (13) 20 (87) 1 (4.3) 22 (95.7) 4 (17.4) 19 (82.6) Occupational status Gov. employed 19 (15.3) 3 (15.8) 16 (84.2) 1 (5.3) 18 (94.7) 4 (21.1) 15 (78.9) Merchant 10 (8.1) 2 (20) 8 (80) 1 (10) 9 (90) 3 (30) 7 (70) Student 12 (9.7) 1 (8.3) 11 (91.7) 1 (8.3) 11 (91.7) 2 (16.7) 10 (83.3) House wife 83 (66.9) 4 (4.8) 79 (95.2) 1 (1.2) 82 (98.8) 5 (6) 78 (94) Trimester 3rd 33 (26.6) 3 (9.1) 30 (90.9) 0 (0.00) 33 (100) 4 (11.8) 30 (88.2) 2nd 44 (35.5) 2 (4.5) 42 (95.5) 0 (0.00) 44 (100) 3 (6.7) 42 (93.3) 1st 47 (37.9) 5 (10.6) 42 (89.4) 4 (8.5) 43 (91.5) 7 (15.6) 38 (84.4) Gravidity Primigravida 72 (58.1) 4 (5.6) 68 (94.4) 2 (2.8) 69 (97.2) 6 (8.5) 65 (91.5) Multigravida 52 (41.9) 6 (11.5) 46 (88.5) 2 (1.9) 51 (96.2) 8 (15.1) 45 (84.9) Previous place of delivery No birth 70 (56.5) 4 (5.7) 66 (94.3) 2 (2.9) 68 (97.1) 6 (8.6) 64 (91.4) Health institution 33 (26.6) 3 (9.1) 30 (90.9) 1 (3) 32 (97) 4 (12.1) 29 (87.9) Home 21 (16.9) 3 (14.3) 18,(85.7) 1 (4.8) 20 (95.2) 4 (19) 17 (81)