Evaluation of Immune Characteristics and Factors Associated with Immune Response following Hepatitis B Vaccination among Ghanaian Adolescents

Table 3

Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with antibody response among adolescents enrolled in the EPI programme.

Variable	Immune response		value
	Unprotected (n = 55)	Seroprotected (n = 19)
Age category			0.001
13–15	22 (45.8)	2 (10.5)
16–18	17 (35.4)	5 (26.3)
>18	9 (18.8)	12 (63.2)
Gender			0.009
Male	28 (50.9)	16 (84.2)
Female	27 (49.1)	3 (15.8)
Ethnicity			0.436
Akan	42 (87.5)	15 (78.9)
Northerner	1 (2.1)	0 (0.0)
Ga/Adanbge	5 (10.4)	4 (21.1)
Exercise			0.044
Yes	33 (68.8)	8 (42.1)
No	15 (31.3)	11 (57.9)
Facility of vaccination			0.208
Government	44 (97.8)	17 (89.5)
Private	1 (2.2)	2 (10.5)

Data are presented as frequency (%), Chi square/Fisher’s exact test, value <0.05, and bolded means statistically significant.