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Gut 57:1713-1720 doi:10.1136/gut.2008.157149
  • Hepatology

Risk factors for acute hepatitis B and its progression to chronic hepatitis in Shanghai, China

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate regression analyses of the risk factors for chronicification of acute hepatitis B in the patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotyped
Progression to infection* Without progression† OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Sex
    Male 19 50
    Female 6 11 1.44 (0.47 to 4.43) 2.61 (0.71 to 9.58)
Age (years)
    ⩽40 11 36
    >40 14 25 1.83 (0.72 to 4.69) 0.66 (0.19 to 2.23)
Genotype
    B2 5 31
    C2 20 30 4.13 (1.37 to 12.43) 6.97 (1.59 to 30.63)
  • *Progression to chronic HBV infection (n = 25). †Without chronic HBV progression (n = 61)

  • AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

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