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Table 3 Population weighteda prevalence of infectious diseases among the study population; % [95% Confidence Interval] (crude n). Total n = 1000

From: Missed hepatitis b/c or syphilis diagnosis among Kurdish, Russian, and Somali origin migrants in Finland: linking a population-based survey to the national infectious disease register

 

Kurdish; n = 415

Russian; n = 324

Somali; n = 261

p

 

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

 

HIVAgAb; n = 982

0

0

0

0

0

0

NA

HBsAg; n = 996

2

0.4 (0.1–1.5)

5

1.7 (0.7–4.3)

16

6.0 (3.6–9.9)

< 0.001

anti-HCV; n = 996

1

0.1 (0.0–0.5)

12

4.1 (2.2–7.3)

3

1.3 (0.4–4.1)

< 0.001

anti-Trpa; n = 988

1

0.3 (0.1–1.9)

9

2.9 (1.5–5.6)

2

1.0 (0.2–3.8)

0.042

  1. Bolded p-values represent statistically significant differences between the migrant populations
  2. NA Not available
  3. aPopulation weights developed according to age group, sex, migrant population, municipality and marital status
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