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Table 4 HBsAg seroprevalence by sex and HIV status among prison inmates and PLHIV

From: A nationwide cross-sectional review of in-hospital hepatitis B virus testing and disease burden estimation in Ghana, 2016 - 2021

 

HBsAg positive n/N (%)

p value

Prison inmatesa (both sexes)

36 / 274 (13.14)

 

 Male

33 / 176 (18.75)

< 0.001

 Female

3 / 98 (3.06)

 

HIV Status

 HIV+

21 / 344 (6.10)

0.349

 HIV-

538 / 9837 (5.47)

 
  1. Data source for prison inmates: Hepatitis Foundation of Ghana. Data source for HIV Status: Blood bank registers
  2. aData obtained from one male prison and one female prison in Central and Eastern regions respectively. Abbreviations: PLHIV = persons living with human immunodeficiency virus