Trend analysis of hepatitis B and C among patients visiting health facility of Tigrai, Ethiopia, 2014–2019

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Table 3 Factors associated with hepatitis B among study participants at Adigrat General Hospital from January 2014 to December 2019

Variables	Positive for HBV		COR^a (95% CI)	p-value	AOR^b (95% CI)	p-value
Variables	Yes	No	COR^a (95% CI)	p-value	AOR^b (95% CI)	p-value
Sex
Male	106	1211	1		1
Female	583	17,373	0.498(0.402,0.616)	0.001	0.439 (0.348,0.553)	0.001*
Age
0–14	8	356	1		1
15–24	220	6865	1.559(0.765, 3.179)	0.222	2.320(1.125, 4.788)	0.023*
25–34	317	8209	1.886(0.928, 3.830)	0.079	2.877(1.397, 5.924)	0.004*
35–44	103	2371	2.034(0.983, 4.207)	0.056	2.927(1.401, 6.115)	0.004*
45–54	16	318	2.030(0.859, 4.795)	0.107	2.493(1.051, 5.912)	0.038*
55–64	6	181	1.352(0.463, 3.945)	0.581	1.435(0.491, 4.196)	0.509
≥ 65	19	284	2.428(1.051, 5.610)	0.038	2.237(0.966, 5.177)	0.060

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