|
Study population, prevalence of HBsAg(+) and prenatal screening for HBsAg by origin. |
|||
| ORIGIN |
No (%) |
Prevalence of HBsAg(+)** |
Prenatal screening for HBsAg |
|
|
|||
| GREEK |
3007 (79.97%) |
46/2705(1.7%)*** |
2467/2641(93.4%)*** |
| ALBANIAN |
409 (10.88%) |
36/368(9.8%) |
227/288 (78.8%) |
| IMMIGRANT* |
258 (6.86%) |
13/228(5.7%) |
104/119 (87.4%) |
| GIPSY |
86 (2.28%) |
3/83(3.6%) |
31/43 (72.1%) |
| TOTAL |
3760 |
98/3384(2.89%) |
2856/3128 (91.3%) |
|
* other than Albanian ** Total prevalence in women tested either prenatally or perinatally *** Statistically significant difference among Greek women versus non-Greek in HBsAg (+) prevalence and in prenatal screening was p < 0.001. | |||
Papaevangelou et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:84 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-84 |
|||