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

Table 4

Age variation of the infectious markers among prospective blood donors at the Ho Municipal Hospital.

Parameter	Donors (—4180)	HBsAg (—290)	Anti-HCV (—77)
<20	178 (4.26)	20 (11.24)	2 (1.12)
20–29	2321 (55.53)	157 (6.76)	44 (1.90)
30–39	1108 (26.51)	83 (7.49)	17 (1.53)
40–49	464 (11.10)	29 (6.25)	12 (2.59)
≥50	109 (2.61)	1 (0.92)	2 (1.83)
value	Nd	0.016	0.5176

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