Research Article
Hepatitis B and Asymptomatic Malaria Infection among Pregnant Women in a Semiurban Community of North-Central Nigeria
Table 1
The prevalence of HBV, malaria, and coinfection in relation to ages of pregnant women in Ejule.
| Age group (years) | No. tested | HBsAg +ve no. (%) | value | Malaria +ve no. (%) | value | Coinfection no. (%) | value |
| 15–20 | 17 | 0 (0) | | 1 (5.88) | | 0 (0) | | 21–30 | 44 | 1 (2.27) | | 9 (20.45) | | 0 (0) | | 31–40 | 120 | 4 (3.33) | 0.086 | 30 (25.0) | 0.51 | 1 (0.83) | 0.96 | 41–50 | 14 | 0 (0) | | 3 (21.43) | | 0 (0) | | 51 above | 5 | 0 (0) | | 1 (20) | | 0 (0) | | Total | 200 | 5 (2.5) | | 44 (22.0) | | 1 (0.5) | |
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