Incidence and prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in hemodialysis patients in Lebanon

Table 1 Distribution of hemodialysis centers across Lebanon

Governorates	No. of centers present	No. of centers with available data	No. of patients studied during this period
Beirut	6	6	559
Mount Lebanon	27	24	1632
Bekaa	7	5	394
South	6	5	339
North	11	11	757
Nabatieh	3	2	88
Total	60	53	3769

Table 2 Calculated total patient months for hepatitis B

Governorates	Total number of patients	Total patient-month	Patients with positive HBsAg	Newly acquired hepatitis B
Beirut	559	7232	8	2
Mount Lebanon	1632	23955	19	3
Bekaa	394	4026	9	2
South	339	4379	5	1
North	757	13014	18	4
Nabatieh	88	1120	1	0
Total	3769	53726	60	12

HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen.

Table 3 Total patient-months distribution for hepatitis C

Governorates	Total number of patients	Total patient-month	Patients with positive HCV Abs	Newly acquired hepatitis C
Beirut	559	7055	20	3
Mount Lebanon	1632	22970	73	4
Bekaa	394	3797	22	2
South	339	4078	24	5
North	757	12597	38	2
Nabatieh	88	1142	0	0
Total	3769	51639	177	16

HCV: Hepatitis C virus.

Table 4 Incidence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among hemodialysis centers in Lebanon

Governorates	Incidence of HBV (per 100 p-y)	Incidence of HCV (per 100 p-y)
Beirut	0.33	0.51
Mount Lebanon	0.15	0.21
Bekaa	0.59	0.63
South	0.27	1.47
North	0.37	0.19
Nabatieh	0	0
Across Lebanon	0.27	0.37

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.

Table 5 P-values for hepatitis B

HBV	Beirut	Mount Lebanon	Bekaa	South	North	Nabatieh
Beirut		P = 0.3759	P = 0.5562	P = 0.8702	P = 0.8948	P = 0.579
		NS	NS	NS	NS
Mount Lebanon			P = 0.1059	P = 0.6073	P = 0.2208	P = 0.7086
			NS	NS	NS	NS
Bekaa				P = 0.5038	P = 0.5709	P = 0.4578
				NS	NS	NS
South					P = 0.778	P = 0.6159
					NS	NS
North						P = 0.5547
						NS
Nabatieh

NS: Non-significant; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.

Table 6 P-values for hepatitis C

HCV	Beirut	Mount Lebanon	Bekaa	South	North	Nabatieh
Beirut		P = 0.229	P = 0.8164	P = 0.1274	P = 0.2598	P = 0.4854
		NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Mount Lebanon			P = 0.1822	P = 0.00068	P = 0.9079	P = 0.6548
			NS		NS	NS
Bekaa				P = 0.2951	P = 0.2036	P = 0.438
				NS	NS	NS
South					P = 0.00374	P = 0.2346
						NS
North						P = 0.6707
						NS
Nabatieh

NS: Nonsignificant; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.