Table 2: Association of HBV seropositivity with various risk factors in children living in orphanages.
| Risk factors | HBV Positive N (%) | HBV Negative N (%) |
Chi-square |
P-value |
| Tribal marks | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | Fisher’s | 0.200 |
| Scarification marks | 1 (3.6) | 1 (0.9) | Fisher’s | 0.354 |
| Ear piercing | 15 (22.4) | 52 (46.4) | 0.458 | 0.499 |
| Sharing of tooth brush | 2 (7.1) | 14 (12.5) | Fisher’s | 0.739 |
| Sharing towel | 2 (7.1) | 33 (29.5) | Fisher’s | 0.014* |
| Sharing sponge | 9 (32.1) | 38 (33.9) | 0.032 | 0.858 |
| Sharing barbing devices | 3 (10.7) | 74 (66.1) | Fisher’s | 0.001* |
| Sharing nail cutting devices | 11 (39.3) | 65 (58.0) | 3.173 | 0.075 |
| Sexually abused | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | Fisher’s | 0.200 |
| Previous hospitalization | 11 (39.3) | 30 (26.8) | 1.690 | 0.194 |
| Previous transfusion | 4 (14.3) | 4 (3.6) | Fisher’s | 0.051 |
| Previous surgery | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.6) | Fisher’s | 0.584 |
| Circumcision | 8 (28.6) | 59 (52.7) | 7.793 | 0.005* |
*Statistically significant.