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Sex Differences Associated With Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Seropositivity Unwareness in Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen-positive Adults: 2007‐2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
| Title: | Sex Differences Associated With Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Seropositivity Unwareness in Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen-positive Adults: 2007‐2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
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| Authors: | Sung In Jang, Jaeyong Shin, Suk Yong Jang, Eun Cheol Park, Hong Chul Bae |
| Contributors: | Suk-Yong Jang, Sung-In Jang, Hong-Chul Bae, Jaeyong Shin, Eun-Cheol Park, Park, Eun Chul, Bae, Hong Chul, Shin, Jae Yong, Jang, Suk Yong, Jang, Sung In |
| Source: | J Prev Med Public Health Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Vol 48, Iss 2, Pp 74-83 (2015) |
| Publisher Information: | Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2015. |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Subject Terms: | Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Adult, Male, Hepatitis B virus/metabolism, Hepatitis B virus, Alcohol Drinking, Health Status, Awareness/physiology, Hepatitis B/epidemiology, Body Mass Index, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Sex Factors, 0302 clinical medicine, Asian People, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/blood, Republic of Korea, Prevalence, Humans, Hepatitis B/diagnosis, Poisson Distribution, 10. No inequality, Aged, Korea, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, Carcinoma, 1. No poverty, Hepatocellular, Awareness, Middle Aged, Hepatitis B, Nutrition Surveys, 3. Good health, Hepatitis B/virology, Income, Medicine, Original Article, Female, Republic of Korea/epidemiology, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| Description: | To examine the sex-specific factors associated with being unaware of one's hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) seropositivity status in a large, HBsAg-positive population of Koreans.In total, 1197 subjects aged 19 years or older who were HBsAg-positive according to data from the 2007-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included. Subjects were considered unaware of their HBsAg seropositivity status if they answered that they had no knowledge of being previously infected by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or diagnosed with HBV hepatitis. Multivariate Poisson regression models with robust variance estimate were used to assess the significance of the variables using weighted frequencies.The majority (77.8%) of HbsAg-positive Korean adults (females, 81.9%; males, 74.6%) were unaware of their HBsAg seropositivity status. We found that sex (female: prevalence ratio [PR] 1.19), household income (low: PR, 1.15), marital status (never married: PR, 1.18), self-rated health (moderate: PR, 1.14; good: PR, 1.12), and alcohol use (at least 2-3 times/wk: PR, 1.21) were associated with being unaware. In females, age (50 to 59 years: PR, 1.29; ≥ 70 years: PR, 1.30), household income (low: PR, 1.37; middle-low: PR, 1.24), and marital status (never married: PR, 1.33) were associated with being unaware. In males, self-rated health (moderate: PR, 1.14; good: PR, 1.21) and alcohol use (at least 2-3 times/wk: PR, 1.21) were associated with being unaware.Factors related to the socioeconomic status of females and the health-related behaviors of males were found to be associated with being unaware of one's HBsAg seropositivity status. |
| Document Type: | Article Other literature type |
| File Description: | 74~83 |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2233-4521 1975-8375 |
| DOI: | 10.3961/jpmph.14.034 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25857645 https://doaj.org/article/9b7f7bd96b40430489d7c28e0ef084ed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25857645/ https://yonsei.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/sex-differences-associated-with-hepatitis-b-virus-surface-antigen https://mdanderson.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/sex-differences-associated-with-hepatitis-b-virus-surface-antigen http://jpmph.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.3961/jpmph.14.034 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25857645 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/25857645 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC CC BY NC ND |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....24fe81549f2f0578dec5f527eda134f1 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 22334521 19758375 |
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| DOI: | 10.3961/jpmph.14.034 |