HBV Infection Is an Intermediate-Risk Disease, Whereas Anaemia Is a Mild-to-Moderate Public Health Problem in Young Ghanaian Adults: A Four-Year Retrospective Analysis of Students’ Medical Records
Table 3
Haemoglobin status, age, sickling, and gender.
Total
HB (g/dL)
value
Low, (%)
Normal, (%)
High, (%)
Age (years)
15–19
8271 (38.6)
1548 (18.7)
6609 (79.9)
113 (1.4)
<0.001
20–29
11411 (53.2)
1471 (12.8)
9804 (85.5)
136 (1.7)
30–39
1249 (5.8)
135 (10.8)
1097 (87.8)
17 (1.4)
40–49
452 (2.1)
53 (11.7)
393 (86.9)
6 (1.4)
>50
60 (0.3)
3 (5.0)
57 (95.0)
0 (0.0)
Sickling status
Negative
18505 (85.6)
2577 (13.9)
15700 (84.8)
228 (1.2)
0.003
Positive
3105 (14.4)
501 (16.1)
2559 (82.4)
45 (1.4)
Gender
Female
9416 (43.7)
2273 (24.1)
6934 (73.6)
209 (2.2)
<0.001
Male
12138 (56.3)
805 (6.6)
11333 (92.9)
64 (0.5)
Teenagers
Female
4445 (53.7)
1099 (24.7)
3253 (73.2)
93 (2.1)
<0.001
Male
3826 (46.3)
449 (11.7)
3357 (87.7)
21 (0.6)
values were calculated using chi-square analysis comparing the respective proportions of the participants in the low, normal, and high haemoglobin categories.
