Prevalence, Infectivity, and Associated Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus among Pregnant Women in Yirgalem Hospital, Ethiopia: Implication of Screening to Control Mother-to-Child Transmission
Table 1
HBsAg in relation to sociodemography in pregnant women attending Yirgalem Hospital, October 2015 to August 2016.
Characteristics
Total women
Women with
COR(95CI)
p-value
(N = 475)
HBsAg (N = 34)
Age (years)
< 25
158(33.3)
9(5.7)
1
25-29
203(42.7)
13(6.4)
1.13(0.47-2.72)
0.78
≥30
114(24.0)
12(10.5)
1.95(0.79-4.79)
0.15
Residence
Urban
323(68.0)
25(7.7)
1.33(0.61-2.93)
0.47
Rural
152(32.0)
9(5.9)
1
Education
Illiterate
59(12.4)
4(6.8)
1.02(0.27-2.77)
0.98
Elementary
165(34.7)
9(5.4)
0.81(0.28-2.35)
0.69
Secondary
161(33.9)
15(9.0)
1.44(0.54-3.85)
0.47
College and above
90(18.9)
6(6.9)
1
Occupation
Housewife
246(51.8)
20(8.1)
2.74(0.36-21.17)
0.33
Employed
133(28.0)
12(9.0)
3.07(0.39-24.56)
0.29
Daily labor
12(2.5)
1(8.3)
2.82(0.16-49.00)
0.48
Merchant
52(10.9)
0
0.00
0.99
Student
32(6.7)
1(3.1)
1
Marital status
Married
428(90.1)
33(7.7)
1.42(0.18-11.01)
0.74
Single
29(6.1)
0
0.00
0.99
Divorced /Widowed
18(3.8)
1(5.6)
1
Gestational age
trimester
95(20.0)
9(9.5)
1.88(0.72-4.92)
0.19
trimester
171(36.0)
9(5.3)
1
trimester
209(44.0)
16(7.7)
1.49(0.64-3.47)
0.35
Gravidity
Primigravida (1)
153(32.2)
10(6.5)
1
Multigravida (≥2)
322(67.8)
24(7.5)
1.15(0.54-2.47)
0.72
Data were shown as N (%); N: number; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen.
