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 4
Hepatitis B status, age, gender, and vaccination status.
Total
Hepatitis status
value
Negative, (%)
Positive, (%)
HBV infection
Gender
Female
9451 (43.7)
9116 (96.5)
335 (3.5)
0.001
Male
12190 (56.3)
11360 (93.2)
830 (6.8)
Age (years)
15–19
8299 (39.3)
8033 (96.8)
266 (3.2)
0.001
20–29
11255 (53.2)
10681 (93.6)
574 (6.4)
30–39
1285 (6.1)
1130 (90.8)
155 (9.2)
40–49
220 (1.0)
144 (79.1)
76 (20.9)
≥50
93 (0.4)
55 (93.2)
38 (6.8)
HB vaccination status
No
16288 (76.9)
15326 (94.1)
962 (5.9)
0.001
Yes
4900 (23.1)
4719 (96.3)
181 (3.7)
HCV infection
Gender
Females
9406 (43.7)
9332 (99.2)
74 (0.8)
0.0326
Males
12138 (56.3)
12008 (98.9)
130 (1.1)
Age (years)
15–19
8254 (38.6)
8203 (99.4)
51 (0.6)
0.0009
20–29
11365 (53.2)
11231 (98.8)
134 (1.2)
30–39
1240 (5.8)
1226 (98.9)
14 (1.1)
40–49
452 (2.1)
447 (98.9)
5 (1.1)
≥50
59 (0.3)
59 (100.0)
0 (0.0)
Significant at ; values were calculated using chi-square analysis comparing the respective proportions of the participants in the low, normal, and high haemoglobin categories.
