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

Table 4

Sociodemographic factors associated with anti-HBsAb response after vaccine booster administration.

Variable	Immune response		value
	Hyporesponse (n = 19)	Good response (n = 13)
Age category			0.740
13–15	6 (35.3)	3 (30.0)
16–18	6 (35.3)	5 (50.0)
>18	5 (29.4)	2 (20.0)
Gender			0.169
Male	7 (36.8)	8 (61.5)
Female	12 (63.2)	5 (38.5)
Ethnicity			0.523
Akan	14 (82.4)	9 (90.0)
Ga/Adanbge	3 (17.6)	1 (10.0)
Exercise			0.034
Yes	14 (82.4)	4 (40.0)
No	3 (17.6)	6 (60.0)
Facility of vaccination			0.346
Government	17 (100.0)	8 (88.9)
Private	0 (0.0)	1 (11.1)

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