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Table 3 Independent risk factors associated with seroprevalence of Hepatitis B in children identified in multiple logistic regression

From: Hepatitis B and C: prevalence and risk factors associated with seropositivity among children in Karachi, Pakistan

Risk Factor

Adjusted odds Ratio (AOR)

95% confidence interval (CI)

P value

Use of new needle & and syringe

   

   No

Reference

  

   Yes

1.9

(1.1 – 3.3)

0.033

Place vaccinated

   

   Private Sector

Reference

  

   Govt. Sector

2.4

(1.1 – 5.2)

0.030

Father education status

   

   Educated

Reference

  

   Non-Educated

1.4

(0.7 – 2.7)

0.333

Mother education status

   

   Educated

Reference

  

   Non-Educated

1.4

(0.6 – 2.7)

0.361