Seroprevalence and Associated Factors of HBV and HCV among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

HBV and HCV seroprevalence in relation to sociodemographic characteristics.

Variables	Category	HBV status			HCV status
		Pos, N(%)	Neg, N(%)	value	Pos N(%)	Neg N(%)	value
Age category	15–19	1 (1.8)	38 (10.4)	0.012	0 (0)	39 (9.3)	0.763
	20–24	13 (23.6)	115 (31.3)		1 (50)	127 (30.2)
	25–29	23 (41.8)	138 (37.6)		0 (0)	161 (38.3)
	30–34	12 (21.8)	60 (16.3)		1 (50%)	71 (16.9)
	35–39	5 (9.1)	16 (4.4)		0 (0)	21 (5.0)
	40–44	1 (1.8)	0 (0)		0 (0)	1 (0.2)
Religion	Orthodox	46 (83.6)	330 (89.9)	0.163	2 (100%)	374 (89.0)	0.62
	Muslim	9 (16.4)	37 (10.1)		0 (0)	46 (11.0)
Residence	Urban	29 (52.7)	223 (60.8)	0.26	0 (0)	252 (60)	0.084
	Rural	26 (47.3)	144 (39.2)		2 (100)	168 (40)
Marital status	Married	50 (90.9)	356 (97.0)	0.009	2 (100)	404 (96.2)	0.96
	Single	1 (1.8)	0 (0)		0 (0)	1 (0.2)
	Divorced	4 (7.3)	11 (3.0)		0 (0)	15 (3.6)
Educational status	Unable to read and write	11 (20.0)	53 (14.4)	0.292	0 (0)	64 (15.2)	0.001
	Only read and write	14 (25.5)	68 (18.5)		0 (0)	82 (19.5)
	Primary school	5 (9.1)	67 (18.3)		0 (0)	72 (17.1)
	Secondary school	4 (7.3%)	34 (9.3)		2 (100)	36 (8.6)
	Preparatory	11 (20.0)	56 (15.3)		0 (0)	67 (16.0)
	College and above	10 (18.2)	89 (24.3)		0 (0)	99 (23.6)
Occupational status	Governmental employee	7 (12.7)	50 (13.6)	0.544	0 (0)	57 (13.6)	0.865
	Housewife	13 (23.6)	73 (19.9)		0 (0)	86 (20.5)
	Merchant	13 (23.6)	99 (27.0)		1 (50)	111 (26.4)
	Farmer	22 (40.0)	130 (35.4)		1 (50)	151 (36.0)
	Other	0 (0)	15 (4.1)		0 (0)	15 (3.6)
Gestational age	First trimester	13 (8.6)	139 (91.4)	0.121	1 (50)	151 (36.0)	0.734
	Second trimester	27 (15.7)	145 (84.3)		1 (50)	171 (40.7)
	Third trimester	15 (15.3)	83 (84.7)		0 (0)	98 (23.3)
Gravida	Primigravida	28 (13.8)	175 (86.2)	0.655	1 (50)	202 (48.1)	0.96
	Multigravida	27 (12.3)	192 (87.7)		1 (50)	218 (51.9)