The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 1 Age and gender distribution of HDV infection among HBsAg-positive patients

From: Serological detection of hepatitis B and D virus co-infection among patients attending a tertiary health facility at Maiduguri, Nigeria

Age range (years)	Number tested	Male		Female
Age range (years)	Number tested	Number tested	Number positive (%)	Number tested	Number positive (%)
18–25	39	19	0	20	1
26–35	81	36	1	45	1
36–45	43	29	2	14	0
46–55	12	8	0	4	0
≥ 56	5	2	1	3	0
Total	180	94	4	86	2

Male: X² = 12.162, p = 0.016; female: X² = 1.132, p = 0.889; gender: X² = 5.215, p = 0.266

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