Hepatitis B, HIV, and Syphilis Seroprevalence in Pregnant Women and Blood Donors in Cameroon
Table 1
Demographics of pregnant women and voluntary blood donors, (%).
(a)
Pregnant women
Mbingo
Mutengene
Banso
Total
valu
Age, median (range)
26 (14–55)
27 (15–44)
26 (14–53)
26 (4–55)
0.177
Residence
Urban
123 (35.0)
735 (84.4)
56 (7.7)
914 (46.9)
<0.0001
Suburban
87 (24.8)
136 (15.6)
398 (54.8)
621 (31.9)
Rural
141 (40.2)
—
272 (37.5)
413 (21.2)
(b)
Blood donors
valu
Age, median (range)
30 (15–75)
34 (17–56)
32 (17–63)
33 (15–75)
<0.0001
Gender
Male
920 (70.6)
807 (90.8)
878 (75.2)
2605 (77.5)
<0.0001
Female
384 (29.4)
82 (9.2)
290 (24.8)
756 (22.5)
Residence ()
Urban
480 (51)
596 (67)
61 (5.2)
1138 (38.0)
<0.0001
Suburban
116 (12.3)
293 (33)
839 (71.8)
1248 (41.6)
Rural
345 (36.7)
—
268 (23)
613 (20.4)
Marital status ()
Married
69 (56)
507 (57)
693 (65.6)
1269 (61.3)
0.0002
Single
55 (44)
382 (43)
363 (34.4)
800 (38.7)
Blood type
A
226 (17.4)
109 (12.3)
243 (20.8)
578 (17.2)
<0.0001
B
282 (21.7)
82 (9.2)
211 (18.1)
575 (17.1)
AB
27 (2.1)
7 (0.8)
42 (3.6)
76 (2.3)
O
767 (58.9)
689 (77.7)
672 (57.5)
2128 (63.4)
Rh status
Positive
1251 (95.9)
875 (98.4)
1129 (96.6)
3255 (96.8)
0.0033
Negative
54 (4.1)
14 (1.6)
40 (3.4)
108 (3.2)
Demographics were available at 3 of the 4 study sites. value is to test the overall difference in seroprevalence for each categorical variable ( test) or the median difference of the continuous variable.
