Research Article
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among Blood Donors from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Table 4
Bivariate analysis of HBV with sociodemographic characteristics of blood donors at Bahir Dar Blood Bank centre, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 418).
| | Variables | Categories | HBV status | COR (95% CI) | value | | Reactive | Nonreactive |
| | Age (in years) | 18–20 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0.832 | | 21–25 | 4 | 117 | 1.026 (0.111, 9.517) | | ≥26 | 12 | 254 | 1.417 (0.178, 11.286) |
| | Sex | Male | 13 | 323 | 1 | 0.679 | | Female | 4 | 78 | 1.274 (0.404, 4.014) |
| | Educational status | Unable to read & write | 1 | 16 | 1.437 (0.166, 12.432) | 0.925 | | Primary complete | 3 | 96 | 0.719(0.182, 2.845) | | Secondary complete | 6 | 128 | 1.078 (0.354, 3.287) | | College and above | 7 | 161 | 1 |
| | Marital status | Single | 10 | 209 | 1.312 (0.490, 3.516) | 0.589 | | Ever-married | 7 | 192 | 1 |
| | Residency | Rural | 1 | 69 | 1 | 0.248 | | Urban | 16 | 332 | 3.325 (0.434, 25.493) |
| | Occupational status | Govt employee | 8 | 124 | 3.129 (0.650, 15.072) | 0.559 | | Merchant | 3 | 75 | 1.940 (0.316, 11.907) | | Housewife | 1 | 11 | 4.409 (0.369, 52.657) | | Private employee | 3 | 94 | 1.548 (0.253, 9.473) | | Others | 2 | 97 | 1 |
| | No. of donation | New | 14 | 292 | 2.021(0.259, 15.765) | 0.682 | | 2-3 times | 2 | 67 | 1.254(0.110, 14.259) | | >3 (regular type) | 1 | 42 | 1 |
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