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Table 2 Risk factors of chronic hepatitis B transmission for positive HBsAg patients

From: Seroepidemiology of chronic hepatitis B and C in the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe

Risk factor

Positive HBs Ag patients

Negative HBsAg patients

P value

 

N = 31 (%)

N = 2169 (%)

 

Past surgery

12 (38.7)

607 (28.0)

NS

Endoscopy

12 (38.7)

572 (26.4)

NS

Piercing

4 (12.9)

91 (4.2)

p = 0.014

Shaving

4 (12.9)

348 (16.0)

NS

Tatoo

3 (9.7)

213 (9.8)

NS

Familial exposure

2 (6.4)

33 (1.5)

p < 0.001

Using drugs intraveinously

0 (0.0)

1(0.0)

NS

  1. NS, Not significant.