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Comparison of epidemiological characteristics of the psychiatric patients with positive HBV markers and the psychiatric patients with negative HBV markers. |
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| Epidemiological Characteristics |
Patients with positive markers N = 12 (%) |
Patients with negative markers n = 87 (%)c |
ORa |
95% ECIb |
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| Age |
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| less than 45 years |
5 (41.7%) |
58 (71.6%) |
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| 45 years and older |
7 (58.3%) |
23 (28.4%) |
4.27 |
1.02–18.78 |
| Gender |
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| Female |
3 (25.0%) |
27 (31.0%) |
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| Male |
9 (75.0%) |
60 (69.0%) |
1.35 |
0.30–8.33 |
| Number of hospitalizations |
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| One |
11 (91.7%) |
71 (87.7%) |
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| More than one |
1 (8.3%) |
10 (12.3%) |
0.65 |
0.01–5.45 |
| Duration of last hospitalization |
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| Equal or less than 5 years |
5 (41.7%) |
46 (56.8%) |
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| More than 5 years |
7 (58.3%) |
35 (43.2%) |
1.84 |
0.46–7.96 |
| History of blood transfusion |
0 (0.0%) |
3 (3.4%) |
0 |
0.00–18.39 |
| History of drug use |
2 (16.7%) |
9 (10.3%) |
1.73 |
0.16–10.25 |
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aOR: Odds ratio. bECI: Exact confidence interval. cSome data were available in only 81 subjects. | ||||
Alvarado Esquivel et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2005 1:10 doi:10.1186/1745-0179-1-10 |
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