Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis B and C Virus Infections: A Five-Year Retrospective Study among Blood Donors in Saboba District in the Northern Region of Ghana
Table 2
Year-on-year trend of HBV and HCV Infections among blood donors of the various age groups in Saboba District.
Parameter
Donors ()
(HBV (95% CI))
OR (95% CI)
(HCV (95% CI))
OR (95% CI)
(coinfection (95% CI))
OR (95% CI)
<20
487 (5.66)
82 (16.84 (13.60-20.50))
3.7 (1.6-8.7)
87 (17.86 (14.60-21.60))
1.0 (0.6-1.7)
24 (4.93 (3.20-7.20))
2.0 (0.6-6.6)
20-29
4434 (51.53)
460 (10.37 (9.50-11.30))
2.1 (0.9-4.9)
516 (11.64 (10.70-12.60))
0.6 (0.4-1.0)
93 (2.10 (1.70-2.60))
0.8 (0.3-2.6)
30-39
2831 (32.90)
221 (7.81 (6.80-8.90))
1.6 (0.7-3.6)
339 (11.97 (10.80-13.20))
0.6 (0.4-1.0)
56 (1.98 (1.50-2.60))
0.8 (0.2-2.5)
40-49
725 (8.43)
56 (7.72 (5.90-9.90))
1.5 (0.6-3.6)
129 (17.79 (15.10-20.80))
0.9 (0.6-1.6)
16 (2.21 (1.30-3.60))
0.9 (0.2-3.0)
50-59
115 (1.34)
6 (5.22 (1.90-11.00))
1
21 (18.26 (11.70-26.50))
1
3 (2.61 (0.50-7.40))
1
≥60
13 (0.15)
0 (0.00)-
0.7 (0.0-12.8)
2 (15.38 (1.90-24.70))
0.9 (0.2-4.4)
0 (0.00)-
1.3 (0.1-26.6)
value
0.0032
<0.0001
<0.0001
Data are presented as frequency with corresponding percentages in parenthesis for donors. HBV, HCV, and HBV/HCV coinfections are presented as frequency and percentages in parentheses with the 95% confidence intervals attached in parenthesis. HBV: hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV: hepatitis C virus; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Significant odds ratio. is significant at < 0.05.
