Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for HIV, Hepatitis B and C among blood Donors in South Gondar District blood Bank, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5 Prevalence and multiple logistic regression observations on risk factors associated with HCV among blood donors at Debretabor General Hospital, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017, N, 310

Variables		Total	Anti-HCV status	COR (95%CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Variables		Total	Positive (%)	COR (95%CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Occupation	Employed	143	4 (2.8)	0.48 (0.15–3.56)	0.47
	Day laborer	25	5 (20.0)	0.70(0.05–5.90)	0.87
	House wife	10	1 (10.0)	2.70(0.93–5.09)	0.99
	Student	132	3 (2.2)	1
Educational status	Illiterate	25	1 (4.0)	0.77 (0.18–7.40)	0.87
	Primary school	85	4 (4.7)	3.81(0.9–8.60)	1.97
	Secondary and above	200	8 (3.5)	1
Marital status	Single	175	6 (3.4)	2.74 (0.61–4.76)	0.08	1.73(0.27–4.90)	0.17
	Married	96	3 (3.1)	6.74(1.90–21.9)	0.04	0.26(0.15–2.96)	0.95
	Widowed	29	2 (6.9)	1.81(.68–4.37)	0.18	0.39(0.11–0.97)	0.55
	Divorced	10	1 (10.0)	1
Previous history of BT	Yes	60	1 (1.7)	1.50 (0.40–4.91)	0.77
Previous history of BT	No	250	12 (4.8)	1
Multiple sexual partner	Yes	81	9 (11.1)	1.32 (0.37–3.96)	0.10
Multiple sexual partner	No	229	4 (1.7)	1
History of invasive procedure	Yes	12	`0
History of invasive procedure	No	298	13 (4.4)
Contact with family having liver disease	Yes	49	3 (8.2)	2.22(1.34–4.89)	0.29
Contact with family having liver disease	No	261	10 (3.8)	1
Needle-stick injury	Yes	97	1 (1.0)	1.62(0.45–3.73)	0.56
Needle-stick injury	No	213	12 (5.6)	1
Communal use of sharp materials	Yes	123	2 (1.6)	3.77(1.29–10.21)	0.77
Communal use of sharp materials	No	187	11 (5.9)	1
Ear pricing	Yes	87	1 (1.5)	2.44(1.23–4.80)	0.55
Ear pricing	No	223	12 (5.4)	1

HCV hepatitis C virus, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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