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Table 2 HBsAg prevalence by age among the pregnant women

From: Prevalence, correlates and pattern of Hepatitis B among antenatal clinic attenders in Yaounde-Cameroon: is perinatal transmission of HBV neglected in Cameroon?

Age group

Number (n = 959)

HBsAg + (%)

HBsAg – (%)

≤ 15

3

0 (0.0%)

3 (100.0%)

16 – 20

50

5 (10.0%)

45 (90.0%)

21 – 24

224

13 (5.8%)

211 (94.2%)

25 – 29

356

38 (10.7%)

318 (89.3%)

30 – 34

198

14 (7.1%)

184 (92.9%)

35 – 39

114

3 (2.6%)

111 (97.4%)

40+

14

1 (7.1%)

13 (92.9%)

  1. (FE χ 2 = 10.4 df = 6 p = 0.11).
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