Risk factors

Hepatitis E

Negative (%) Positive (%)

Chi-square value

P value

Remark

Marital status

Single

Married

Widowed

15 (100) 0 (0.0)

119 (92.2) 10 (7.8)

10 (83.3) 2 (16.7)

2.612

0.271

NS

Educational status

None

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

5 (62.5) 3 (37.5)

32 (86.5) 5 (13.5)

57 (96.6) 2 (3.4)

50 (62.5) 2 (3.8)

14.398

0.002

S

Transfusion

No

Yes

119 (92.2) 10 (7.8)

25 (92.6) 2 (7.4)

0.004

0.951

NS

Condom use

Every

Occasional

Not at all

28 (100) 0 (0.0)

33 (91.7) 3 (8.3)

63 (88.7) 8 (11.3)

3.886

0.274

NS

Travel out

No

Yes

126 (92.6) 10 (7.4)

13 (92.9) 1 (7.1)

0.709

0.702

NS