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Table 1 Status of HBV vaccination in HCWs in Pearl River Delta Area of China (N = 1420)

From: Health care workers in Pearl River Delta Area of China are not vaccinated adequately against hepatitis B: a retrospective cohort study

Factor

Number

HBV vaccination status, N (%)

χ 2

P

Vaccinated

Not vaccinated

Sex

Male

458

140 (30.57 %)

33 (7.20 %)

0.4164

.5188

Female

962

278 (28.90 %)

73 (7.59 %)

  

Age band

<25 years

146

77 (52.7 %)

14 (7.1 %)

36.546

5.741E-08

25 ~ 39 years

788

403 (51.1 %)

106 (13.5 %)

  

40 ~ 59 years

394

92 (23.4 %)

62 (15.7 %)

  

≥60 years

92

2 (2.2 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  

HBsAg

Detected

87

8 (1.33 %)

79 (9.65 %)

71.583

2.659E-17

Not detected

1333

593 (98.66 %)

138 (90.35 %)

  

Anti-HBs level

<10 mIU/mL

644

285 (44.3 %)

75 (11.7 %)

11.772

0.00278

1–10 mIU/mL

326

133 (40.8 %)

31 (9.5 %)

  

Anti-HBc-total

Not detected

450

129 (28.7 %)

62 (13.8 %)

  

Positive

262

42 (6.99 %)

220 (26.86 %)

5.783

3.871E-5

Negative

1158

559 (93.01 %)

599 (73.14 %)

  

Department

Infectious diseases

106

61 (57.8 %)

17 (15.6 %)

20.660

0.0081

General medicine

367

145 (39.5 %)

71 (19.4 %)

  

Surgery

305

186 (60.9 %)

40 (13.1 %)

  

Ob/gyn

88

56 (63.6 %)

20 (22.7 %)

  

Pediatrics

56

33 (58.9 %)

8 (14.3 %)

  

Dentistry

44

22 (50.0 %)

9 (20.5 %)

  

Emergency

88

37 (42.0 %)

6 (6.8 %)

  

Nephrology

23

13 (56.5 %)

2 (8.7 %)

  

Other

343

48 (14.0 %)

9 (2.6 %)

  

Profession

Medical doctor

405

194 (47.9 %)

58 (14.3 %)

3.4387

0.4873

Dentist

18

14 (77.8 %)

4 (22.2 %)

  

Nurse

542

311 (57.4 %)

98 (18.1 %)

  

Technician

123

42 (34.1 %)

17 (13.8 %)

  

Other

332

51 (15.4 %)

9 (2.7 %)