Table 1 Summary statistics for patient demographics, Nigeria, 2010–2020.

From: The development of a machine learning algorithm for early detection of viral hepatitis B infection in Nigerian patients

Variable

HBsAg positive (n = 636)

HBsAg negative (n = 280)

p difference

Age

35.3 ± 10.7

47.0 ± 12.6

< 0.0001a

Sex

230 (36.2%) female

146 (52.1%) female

< 0.0001b

 

406 (63.9) male

134 (47.9%) male

 
  1. HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen.
  2. aTwo sample t-test, bChi-square test.
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