Hepatitis B and Asymptomatic Malaria Infection among Pregnant Women in a Semiurban Community of North-Central Nigeria

Table 2

Logistic regression analysis of HBV infection in relation to putative risk factors.

Variable	HBsAg +ve no. (%)	OR (95% CI)	value
History of blood transfusion
Yes (n = 46)	3 (6.52)
No (n = 154)	2 (1.30)	5.3 (1.10–32.80)	0.04
Knowledge of HBV
Yes (n = 20)	0 (0)
No (n = 180)	5 (2.78)	—	0.22
Alcoholism
Yes (n = 42)	1 (2.38)
No (n = 158)	4 (2.53)	0.9 (0.12–9.79)	0.96
Multiple sex partners
Yes (n = 5)	1 (20)
No (n = 195)	4 (2.05)	11.9 (0.01–0.93)	0.01
Sharing of sharp objects
Yes (n = 120)	3 (2.5)
No (n = 80)	2 (2.5)	1 (0.16–6.12)	1.00
Tribal mark
Yes (n = 104)	2 (1.92)
No (n = 96)	3 (3.13)	0.6 (0.27–10.06)	0.59
Immunized
Yes (n = 18)	0 (0)
No (n = 182)	5 (2.75)	—	0.48
Intravenous drug use
Yes (n = 15)	0 (0)
No (n = 185)	5 (2.70)	—	0.52
Surgery
Yes (n = 35)	1 (2.86)
No (n = 165)	4 (2.42)	1.2 (0.13–10.90)	0.88

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.