Table 3 Hepatitis B biomarkers in different tribes
Biomarkers | Total | Akha | Lahu | Hmong | Yao | Lisu | Karen | χ2 (p-value) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
HBsAg | |||||||||||||||
 Positive | 113 | 7.6 | 15 | 5.1 | 26 | 7.5 | 22 | 7.4 | 20 | 12.0 | 9 | 13.2 | 21 | 7.6 | 10.7 (0.056) |
 Negative | 1378 | 92.4 | 280 | 94.9 | 320 | 92.5 | 277 | 92.5 | 147 | 88.0 | 59 | 86.8 | 295 | 18.7 | |
Anti-HBs | |||||||||||||||
 Positive | 286 | 19.2 | 66 | 22.4 | 59 | 17.1 | 49 | 16.4 | 37 | 22.2 | 16 | 23.5 | 59 | 20.6 | 6.29 (0.278) |
 Negative | 1205 | 80.8 | 229 | 77.6 | 287 | 82.9 | 250 | 83.6 | 130 | 77.8 | 52 | 76.5 | 257 | 81.3 | |
Total anti-HBc | |||||||||||||||
 Positive | 283 | 18.9 | 66 | 22.4 | 58 | 16.7 | 48 | 16.0 | 37 | 22.2 | 16 | 23.5 | 58 | 18.4 | 7.07 (0.215) |
 Negative | 1208 | 81.1 | 229 | 77.6 | 288 | 83.3 | 251 | 84.0 | 130 | 77.8 | 52 | 76.5 | 258 | 81.6 | |
HBsAg-positive and anti-HBs-positive | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | N/A |
HBV infection | 396 | 26.6 | 81 | 20.5 | 84 | 21.2 | 70 | 17.7 | 57 | 14.4 | 25 | 6.3 | 79 | 19.9 | N/A |