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

Table 2

Comparison of anti-HBs antibody titers (mIU/mL) according to HAV serology, health profession area, and working department in the hospital.

Variables		Anti-HBs antibody titer (mIU/ml)
		Median	25th and 75th percentiles	value
Age group	^118–30 years	262	49–1000	X^2 = 8.391; = 0.015; ^2-1 = 0.017; ^2-3 = 0.033
	^231–50 years	179	37–816
	^3>50 years	255	60–1000
Sex	Male	188	34–888	Z = −2.680; = 0.007
	Female	256	50–1000
Anti-HAV serology	First anti-HAV seropositivity	200	34–921	Z = −2.641; = 0.008
	First anti-HAV seronegativity	260	64–1000
Health profession area	Doctor/nurse	325	73–1000	Z = −8,050; ≤ 0.001
	Nondoctor/-nurse	141	20–587
Work department in the hospital	^1Emergency	161	22–733	X^2 = 11.905; = 0.008; ^1-2 = 0.033; ^1-3 = 0.001; ^3-4 = 0.028
	^2Polyclinics/wards	215	50–949
	^3Surgery units/intensive care units	295	50–1000
	^4Other departments	209	42–899