Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis B and C Viruses in the General Population of Burkina Faso

Table 2

The sociocultural practices in relation to the HBV infection in the population.

	Cultural practices						Prison
	Transcutaneous examination or acupuncture		Excision, circumcision, and tattooing		Unprotected sex
	+	−	Circumcised and female mutilated genital	Piercing, scarification, and tattooing	+	−	+	−
Total	37	958	649	34	354	641	04	991
HBV (+) 𝑁; (%)	03; 8.10	141; 14.71	105; 32.28	04; 11.76	54; 15.25	90; 14.04	0.00	144; 14.53
OR (95% IC)	1	1.5; 0.1–1.6	—		1.1; 0.7–1.5	1	—
𝑃 values	0.34		—		0.63		—