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Table 1 Factors associated with HBsAg seropositivity in Madagascar, 2011–2013

From: Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and infrastructure for its diagnosis in Madagascar: implication for the WHO’s elimination strategy

 

N

HBsAg- positive, n (weighted %)

Crude odds ratios

Odds ratios adjusted for age and sex

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Age (years)

   

0.5*

 

0.4*

 18–24

380

38 (7.1)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 25–34

475

41 (7.4)

1.05 (0.50–2.22)

 

1.08 (0.50–2.34)

 

 35–44

379

26 (7.5)

1.06 (0.58–1.97)

 

1.09 (0.59–2.01)

 

 ≥ 45

542

36 (6.0)

0.84 (0.42–1.65)

 

0.82 (0.42–1.61)

 

Gender

   

0.3

 

0.3

 Female

879

58 (5.8)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Male

899

83 (8.1)

1.42 (0.75–2.68)

 

1.43 (0.76–2.67)

 

Education

   

0.7*

 

0.4*

 Illiterate

233

18 (5.5)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary

668

62 (8.6)

1.62 (0.81–3.21)

 

1.62 (0.80–3.25)

 

 Secondary

794

49 (5.2)

0.96 (0.47–1.96)

 

0.91 (0.44–1.88)

 

 University

81

12 (13.5)

2.70 (1.05–6.97)

 

2.48 (0.93–6.61)

 

SES

   

0.03*

 

0.03*

 Low

935

81 (9.4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Middle

753

57 (6.6)

0.69 (0.41–1.15)

 

0.70 (0.42–1.17)

 

 High

90

3 (3.8)

0.38 (0.13–1.10)

 

0.39 (0.14–1.11)

 

Area

   

0.04*

 

0.04*

 Urban

482

26 (6.0)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Semi-urban

516

39 (7.2)

1.22 (0.70–2.12)

 

1.23 (0.71–2.11)

 

 Rural

780

76 (9.8)

1.71 (1.11–2.64)

 

1.69 (1.09–2.60)

 
  1. *The p-value was derived from a test for trends