Screening of Hepatitis A and B Seropositivity among Turkish Healthcare Providers Admitted to Occupational Health Services

Table 1

Comparison of the preliminary screening antibody seroprotection results of health professionals on the basis of sex, age, occupation, and primary departments.

Variables	Anti-HBs antibody titer at preliminary screening (n = 1722)			value	Anti-HAV IgG antibody titer at preliminary screening (n = 1722)		value
		Anti-HBs seronegativity (<10 mIU/mL), n (%)	Anti-HBs seropositivity (≥10 mIU/mL), n (%)		Anti-HAV seropositivity, n (%)	Anti-HAV seronegativity, n (%)
Sex	Male	123 (55.7%)	738 (47.6%)	X^2 = 5.048; = 0.025	642 (50.8%)	219 (43.0%)	X^2 = 8.849; = 0.003
	Female	98 (44.3%)	813 (52.4%)		621 (49.2%)	290 (57.0%)
Age	18–30 years	95 (43%)	619 (39.9%)	X^2 = 3.641; = 0.162	437 (34.6%)	277 (54.4%)	X^2 = 62.375; ≤ 0.001
	31–50 years	117 (52.9%)	816 (52.6%)		720 (57.0%)	213 (41.8%)
	>50 years	9 (4.1%)	116 (7.5%)		106 (8.4%)	19 (3.7%)
Health profession area	Doctor/nurse	70 (31.7%)	905 (58.3%)	X^2 = 55.619; ≤ 0.001	667 (52.8%)	308 (60.5%)	X^2 = 8.692; = 0.003
	Other health professionals	151 (68.3%)	646 (41.7%)		596 (47.2%)	201 (39.5%)
Work department in the hospital	Emergency	53 (24%)	250 (16.1%)	X^2 = 13.346; = 0.004	214 (16.9%)	89 (17.5%)	X^2 = 0.758; = 0.860
	Polyclinics/wards	29 (13.1%)	330 (21.3%)		262 (20.7%)	97 (19.1%)
	Surgery units/intensive care units	50 (22.6%)	350 (22.6%)		286 (22.6%)	114 (22.4%)
	Others	89 (40.3%)	621 (40.0%)		501 (39.75)	209 (41.1%)