Seroprevalence, Associated Factors, and Fetomaternal Outcome in Pregnant Women That Tested Positive to Hepatitis E Antibodies in Nigeria

Table 2

Risk factors and hepatitis E infection among the participants.

Parameter	Frequency	Hepatitis E infection		-value
		Negative	Positive
Washing of hand before meal				0.22
Always	191	136	55
Sometimes	9	8	1
Washing hand after defecation				0.21
Always	125	93	32
Sometimes	75	51	24
Method of faeces disposal				0.043
Water closet	159	113	46
Pit	39	31	8
Bush	2	0	2
How do you dispose house refuse				0.88
Burning	27	19	0
Bush	30	21	9
Pit	20	16	4
Evacuation site	123	88	35
Source of drinking water				0.039
Sachet	95	66	29
Borehole	93	72	21
Bottled water	4	3	1
Rain	7	2	5
No of people per room				0.81
1	8	6	2
2	77	53	24
3	79	58	21
4	30	23	7
5	6	4	2