Prevalence and Clinical and Immunoviralogical Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Hepatitis B Coinfection among Children in an Antiretroviral Therapy Programme in Benue State, Nigeria

Table 1

Clinical and demographic characteristics of subjects.

Characteristics	Number	Percentage
Mean age ± standard deviation	7.53 ± 4.23
Gender
Male	205	51.9
Female	190	48.1
Total	395	100.0
Age groups in years
<5	159	40.3
6–10	122	30.8
11–15	114	28.9
Total	395	100.0
Hepatitis BsAg status groups
Positive (HIV-HBV dually infected)	31	7.8
Negative	364	92.2
Total	395	100.0
Hepatitis C antibody status groups
Positive (HIV-HCV dually infected)	9	2.3
Negative	386	97.7
Total	395	100