Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2012; 18(9): 986-990
Published online Mar 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i9.986
Table 1 Prevalence of hepatitis E virus IgG seropositivity in 546 commercial blood donors
HEV positive IgG n (%)OR (95% CI)P value
Sex
Female76/390 (19.5)-0.004
Male48 /156 (30.8)1.84 (1.20, 2.80)
Donation frequency
< 1047/252 (18.7)-
10-2044/191 (23.0)1.31 (0.82, 2.07)0.258
≥ 2033/103 (32.0)2.06 (1.22, 3.46)0.006
Age (yr)
< 407/54 (13.0)-
40-5037/192 (19.3)1.50 (0.63, 3.60)0.361
50-6046/189 (24.3)2.02 (0.85, 4.80)0.105
≥ 6034/111 (30.6)2.78 (1.14, 6.79)0.022
Table 2 Sex specific prevalence of hepatitis E virus IgG seropositivity in commercial blood donors with different frequency of donation n (%)
FrequencyHepatitis E virus positive IgG
P value
MaleFemale
< 1015/54 (27.8)32/198 (16.2)0.052
10-2018/57 (31.5)28/137 (20.4)0.097
≥ 2015/45 (33.3)16/55 (29.1)0.648
Table 3 Relationship between hepatitis E virus infection and hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus co-infection in commercial blood donors n (%)
CharacteristicsHEV positive IgG (n = 124)HEV negative IgG (n = 422)P value
HBsAg positive4 (3.2)13 (3.1)0.935
HCV antibody positive14 (11.3)47 (11.1)0.962