A retrospective serological survey of hepatitis B virus infection in Northeast China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Positivity rate for five HBV markers in different groups

Variables		Total, n	HBsAg, %	HBsAb, %	HBeAg, %	HBeAb, %	HBcAb, %
Gender	Male	113,789	8.94	46.58	2.98	16.46	28.27
Gender	Female	104,838	5.80	47.21	1.59	16.18	24.93
Age group	1–10	19,489	0.47	66.27	0.30	2.27	4.45
	11–20	9846	2.35	60.87	1.52	3.04	6.10
	21–30	20,685	6.74	53.48	3.28	11.95	19.59
	31–40	27,531	9.19	47.59	3.34	17.59	27.57
	41–50	48,475	10.05	41.35	3.17	19.42	30.57
	51–60	54,947	8.85	41.83	2.30	20.17	32.58
	61–70	37,654	6.04	43.54	1.19	18.97	33.12
Department	Cardiovascular	19,770	4.39	45.32	0.80	16.34	23.34
	Dermatology	1644	4.14	54.38	0.91	13.14	26.34
	Emergency	1981	12.17	42.66	4.49	21.76	47.40
	Endocrinology	988	12.96	45.65	3.74	24.09	47.27
	ENT	11,403	3.33	52.38	0.89	8.55	11.14
	Gastroenterology	2859	10.11	45.58	2.62	24.55	48.16
	Gynecology	3827	7.50	46.51	3.27	13.30	20.22
	Hepatology	9865	42.35	29.56	20.24	35.76	70.69
	ICU	702	10.40	48.01	3.28	24.22	48.86
	Infectious Diseases	3686	8.19	46.66	2.71	20.24	41.70
	Neurology	9417	5.72	42.36	1.17	17.50	26.72
	Obstetrics	12,124	5.22	47.77	1.28	15.25	20.24
	Oncology	6693	8.96	46.87	2.23	22.62	46.48
	Ophthalmology	2734	5.08	44.70	1.10	12.84	17.70
	Others*	3421	6.64	51.39	1.37	19.29	32.62
	Pediatrics	13,003	0.57	70.81	0.37	3.75	7.14
	Respiration	5253	7.25	45.84	1.87	21.19	44.87
	Rheumatology	3139	4.24	48.96	0.80	17.36	37.11
	Surgery	102,791	6.30	45.54	1.54	15.76	23.45
	Nephrology	3327	7.27	43.76	2.86	17.40	40.28
	Total	218,627	7.43	46.88	2.31	16.33	26.67

The positivity rate for HBV markers is presented as a percentage
There were significant differences in HBsAg, HBsAb, HBeAg and HBcAb positivity between genders. No significant differences between genders were found between genders in positivity rate for HBeAb
*VIP wards, Rehabilitation Department, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine

ISSN: 1471-2334