Table 2

A comparison of crude prevalence rates (%) for the markers HBsAg and anti-HCV in Rethymnon and Hania over the 1992–6 period.

Rethymnon %

Hania %

Difference in prevalence

95%CI

Males

HBsAg

2.03

2.80

-0.008

(-0.013, -0.003)^*

anti-HCV

4.70

2.73

0.020

(0.011, 0.028)^**

Females

HBsAg

0.94

1.73

-0.008

(-0.012, 0.004)^**

Anti-HCV

5.64

1.97

0.037

(0.027, 0.046)^**

^*p < 0.001, ^**p < 0.0001, CI : Confidence Interval

Koulentaki et al. BMC Public Health 2001 1:17   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-1-17