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Table 2 Participants’ Knowledge and Preventative Practices summative score for Hepatitis E infection

From: Hepatitis e prevalence, knowledge, and practice of preventive measures among secondary school adolescents in rural Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

PARAMETER

FREQUENCY (%)

HEPATITIS E

P- VALUE

Positive

Negative

KNOWLEDGE

 Average

6 (1.4)

0.0 (0)

6 (100.0)

1.000

 Poor

408 (98.6)

9 (2.2)

399 (97.8)

 

PRACTICE

 Good

239 (57.7)

2 (0.8)

237 (99.2)

0.040*#

 Average

175 (42.3)

7 (4.0)

168 (96.0)

 

TOTAL

414

9 (2.2)

405 (97.8)

 
  1. * = significant P-value
  2. # = Fisher’s exact value
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BMC Public Health

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