Table 2

Comparison of predominant clinical diagnosis of the psychiatric patients with positive HBV serological markers and the psychiatric patients with negative HBV serological markers.

Clinical Diagnosis
Patients with positive markers
Patients with negative markers
ORa
95% ECIb

Organic delusional disorder
3 (27.3%)
20 (24.4%)
1.16
0.18–5.46





Schizophrenia
4 (36.4%)
29 (35.4%)
1.04
0.21–4.52





Mental retardation
2 (18.2%)
13 (15.9%)
1.18
0.11–6.71

aOR: Odds ratio.

bECI: Exact confidence interval.

Alvarado Esquivel et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2005 1:10   doi:10.1186/1745-0179-1-10