Review Article
Association between Waste Management and HBV among Solid Municipal Waste Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Table 1
Characteristics of the selected studies.
| Authors | Year of publication | Number of participants (exposed) | Prevalence of HBs-Ag among exposed | Prevalence of HBs-Ab among exposed | Prevalence of HBc-Ab among exposed | OR | Quality score |
| Rachiotis et al. [9] | 2012 | 208 (100) | 4% (4/100) | 23% (23/100) | n.a.* | 2.21 (0.39–12.33) | 18 | Squeri et al. [10] | 2006 | 327 (327) | 3.98% (13/327) | 2.1% (7/327) | 35.8% (117/327) | n.a.* | 8 | Dounias et al. [11] | 2005 | 159 (71) | 11.2% (8/71) | 23.9% (17/71) | 12.7% (9/71) | 2.49 (0.71–8.57) | 17 | Hu et al. [12] | 2003 | 133 (133) | 21.1% (28/133) | — | — | n.a.* | 17 | Corrao et al. [13] | 1985 | 93 (93) | 21.5% (20/93) | — | — | n.a.* | 11 |
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n.a.: not applicable, since the population was made by exposed people only.
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