Effectiveness of hepatitis B virus vaccination program in Egypt: Multicenter national project

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World J Hepatol. Oct 8, 2015; 7(22): 2418-2426
Published online Oct 8, 2015. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i22.2418

Table 1 Prevalence of hepatitis B virus anti-hepatitis B surface in relation to some socio-demographic characteristics among 3586¹ studied children n (%)

	Total	Anti-HBs IU/L
	n = 3586	Mean GMT	< 10	10-99	≥ 100
			n = 1535	n = 1229	n = 822
Gender
Boys	1738	220.4 ± 13.4	681 (39.2)	643 (37.0)	414 (23.8)
Girls	1848	161.7 ± 11.2	854 (46.2)	586 (31.7)	408 (22.1)
P value		< 0.05	< 0.001
Age in years
< 5 yr	1114	64.0 ± 8.0	152 (13.6)	435 (39.0)	527 (47.3)
5 to < 10 yr	625	18.7 ± 13.8	206 (33.0)	240 (38.4)	179 (28.6)
10 to < 15 yr	1026	3.0 ± 15.0	606 (59.1)	346 (33.7)	74 (7.2)
≥ 15 yr	821	1.5 ± 17.0	571 (69.5)	208 (25.3)	42 (5.1)
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001
Socio-economic status²
Very low	992	22.3 ± 6.3	465 (46.9)	345 (34.8)	182 (18.3)
Low	650	24.4 ± 6.2	301 (46.3)	220 (33.8)	129 (19.8)
Middle	934	37.2 ± 6.4	349 (37.4)	324 (34.7)	261 (27.9)
High	916	33.3 ± 6.5	376 (41.0)	308 (33.6)	232 (25.3)
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001
Governorate
Cairo	815	32.3 ± 6.8	320 (39.3)	271 (33.3)	224 (27.5)
Dakahleya	898	29.6 ± 5.8	380 (42.3)	328(36.5)	190 (21.2)
Gharbeya	762	29.8 ± 6.5	328 (43.0)	256 (33.6)	178 (23.4)
Beni-Suef	358	35.3 ± 6.2	155 (43.3)	126 (35.2)	77 (21.5)
Assuit	564	22.3 ± 6.7	264 (46.8)	191 (33.9)	109 (19.3)
Red Sea	189	21.2 ± 7.0	88 (46.6)	57 (30.2)	44 (23.3)
P value		< 0.01	< 0.05
Residence
Urban	1902	11.0 ± 18.4	784 (41.2)	649 (34.1)	469 (24.7)
Rural	1684	7.3 ± 20.8	751 (44.6)	580 (34.4)	353 (21.0)
P value		< 0.001	0.021

¹Breakthrough infected children were excluded.

²Data for Socio-economic status was fulfilled for only 3492 children. Anti-HBs: Hepatitis B surface antibodies; GMT: Geometric mean titer.

Citation: Salama II, Sami SM, Said ZNA, El-Sayed MH, El Etreby LA, Rabah TM, Elmosalami DM, Abdel Hamid AT, Salama SI, Abdel Mohsen AM, Emam HM, Elserougy SM, Hassanain AI, Abd Alhalim NF, Shaaban FA, Hemeda SA, Ibrahim NA, Metwally AM. Effectiveness of hepatitis B virus vaccination program in Egypt: Multicenter national project. World J Hepatol 2015; 7(22): 2418-2426
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v7/i22/2418.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v7.i22.2418