Research Article
Antihepatitis B Surface Antigen and Hepatitis C Antibodies among Pregnant Women in an Urban Area of Mwanza City, Tanzania
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 339 pregnant women attending Makongoro antenatal clinic.
| Participant characteristics | Number | Percent/Mean/Median |
| Age | 339 | 25.6±5.8 | Gestation | 339 | 23 (IQR:14-28) | Marital status | | | Married | 309 | 91.5 | Unmarried | 30 | 8.5 | HIV status | | | Negative | 281 | 82.8 | Positive | 10 | 2.9 | Unknown | 48 | 14.2 | Education level | | | None/primary | 218 | 64.3 | Secondary | 95 | 28.2 | Tertiary | 26 | 7.7 | Gravidity | | | Prime gravida | 115 | 34.0 | Gravida 2,3,4 | 186 | 54.9 | Gravida >5 | 38 | 11.2 | Anti-HBs Negative | 254 | 74.93% | Anti-HBs Positive | 85 | 25.07% | Titres | | | 10-100IU/ml | 63 | 18.58% | 100-200IU/ml | 10 | 2.95% | >200IU/ml | 12 | 3.54% |
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