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Table 2 Protective antibody status in relation to exposure route through natural infection versus vaccination by hospital department of employment and profession

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

Factor

Number

Portion of group with detectable protective antibodies, ratio (%)

χ 2

P

Vaccinated

Infected naturally

N = 601

N = 107

Department

Infectious diseases

106

42/61 (68.8 %)

15/17 (88.2 %)

1.743656

.0406

General medicine

367

80/145 (55.2 %)

44/71 (62.0 %)

0.927921

.1767

Surgery

305

104/186 (55.9 %)

25/40 (62.5 %)

0.695803

.2433

Ob/gyn

88

34/56 (60.7 %)

5/20 (25.0 %)

−2.74299

.0030

Pediatrics

56

24/33 (72.7 %)

3/8 (37.5 %)

−1.82574

.0339

Dentistry

44

12/22 (54.5 %)

5/9 (55.6 %)

0.051297

.4795

Emergency

88

23/37 (62.2 %)

3/6 (50.0 %)

−0.56521

.2860

Nephrology

23

4/13 (30.8 %)

0/2 (0.0 %)

−1.09545

.1367

Other

343

33/48 (68.8 %)

7/9 (77.7 %)

0.322184

.3737

Profession

Doctor

405

151 (77.8 %)

27 (46.6 %)

−4.68522

2E-6

Dentist

18

8 (57.1 %)

1 (25.0 %)

−1.13389

.1284

Nurse

542

192 (61.7 %)

60 (61.2 %)

−0.09085

.4638

Technician

123

17 (40.5 %)

12 (70.6 %)

2.095346

.0181

Other

332

31 (60.8 %)

7 (77.78 %)

0.334633

.3690

 

vaccination coverage/Infected naturally rates

1420

42.32 %

7.53 %

−6.35622

2E-7