Identification of risk factors for hepatitis B and C in Peshawar, Pakistan
Conclusion: The important risk factors, responsible for the high prevalence of hepatitis B and C in our society are household contact, history of dental work, history of surgery, sexual contact, and history of transfusion (blood and its components). The odds ratio of probability for these risk factors are: 4.2 for household contact history, 4.1 for history of dental work, 3.9 for sexual contact, 2.7 for history of surgery, and 2.1 for history of transfusion. Associations of other predictor variables (diabetes status, education level, profession, contact sports, intravenous drug abuse, residence, immunosuppression, and skin tattoos) were not statistically significant. Keywords: hepatitis B, hepatitis C, IV drug abuse, transfusion, dental work, surgery, sexual contact
Source: HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care Source Type: research
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