Hepatitis B, C, and delta in the general population in Mayotte: hepatitis B as a major public health concern

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 6 Univariate and multivariate analysis of lifetime HBV infection (resolved or current infection) according to socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics in the 15–69 year-old general population living in Mayotte, Unono Wa Maore, 2018–2019 (analysis restricted to respondents to the long questionnaire, n = 1505)

	Number of people with lifetime HBV infection	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	Number of people with lifetime HBV infection	PR	95% CI	P value	aPR	95% CI	P value
Total	491
Gender
Women	304	1.00			1.00
Men	187	1.58	1.30–1.91	0.000	1.55	1.29–1.86	0.000
Age (years)
15–19	10	1.00			1.00
20–29	59	0.55	0.40–0.76	0.000	2.05	0.80–5.25	0.136
30–49	265	1.83	1.51–2.23	0.000	3.83	1.49–9.81	0.005
50–69	157	1.79	1.48–2.17	0.000	4.52	1.77–11.53	0.002
Place of birth
Mayotte	169	1.00			1.00
Comoros	284	1.48	1.21–1.80	0.000	1.13	0.92–1.41	0.249
France (excluding Mayotte) or other countries	37	0.65	0.43–0.97	0.036	0.57	0.37–0.86	0.009
Place of residence
West-Centre	87	1.00			1.00
Dembeni-Mamoudzou	241	1.30	1.07–1.57	0.008	1.40	1.09–1.80	0.008
North	38	0.74	0.52–1.04	0.081	1.03	0.70–1.53	0.870
Petite-Terre	78	1.20	0.94–1.53	0.138	1.31	0.98–1.74	0.066
South	47	0.88	0.62–1.26	0.487	1.09	0.76–1.57	0.643
Educational level
No diploma	374	1.00			1.00
< Secondary school certificate	75	0.53	0.40–0.71	0.000	0.99	0.76–1.31	0.986
≥ Secondary school certificate	42	0.86	0.62–1.20	0.377	1.06	0.77–1.46	0.718
Precarious housing
No	199	1.00
Yes	292	0.96	0.79–1.17	0.681
Living in couple
No	187	1.00			1.00
Yes	304	1.88	1.52–2.34	0.000	0.99	0.81–1.21	0.929
Condom use during first sexual intercourse
Yes	30	1.00			1.00
No/not specified	453	3.22	2.19–4.72	0.000	1.46	1.01–2.14	0.046
No sexual relations in the lifetime	8	0.65	0.43–0.99	0.044	0.56	0.21–1.49	0.242

aPR adjusted incidence rate ratio, PR incidence rate ratio, CI confidence interval
Numbers in bold indicate the significant associations in multivariate analysis

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