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Table 3 Prevalence of anti-HBc, HBsAg and anti-HBs in relatives of CHB probands

From: Searching for chronic hepatitis B patients in a low prevalence area – role of racial origin

Markers

Asian

(%)

Western

(%)

p

Anti-HBc+

181/305*

59.3%

77/209**

36.8%

<0.0001

HBsAg+

89/313

28.4%

21/211

9.9%

<0.0001

Anti-HBc+/ Anti-HBs+

80/305*

26.2%

54/209**

25.8%

0.9977

Isolated anti-HBc+

12/305*

3.9%

2/209**

0.9%

0.0782

  1. * anti-HBc was not done in 8 relatives; ** anti-HBc was not done in 2 relatives.
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