Table 2 HHV-8 seroprevalence by blood donor-associated behaviors
From: Human herpesvirus-8 in northwestern China: epidemiology and characterization among blood donors
Characteristics | Number of subjects (%) | HHV-8 sero-positivity (%) | OR (95% CI) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of blood donation | Â | Â | 1.0(0.7-1.4) | 0.962 |
   Whole blood | 4232 (94.9) | 863 (20.4) |  |  |
   Blood component | 229 (5.1) | 47 (20.5) |  |  |
Time of donation of whole blood | Â | Â | Â | 0.845 |
   1 | 2702(63.8) | 557 (20.6) |  |  |
   2 | 851 (20.1) | 176 (20.7) | 1.0 (0.7-1.4) | 0.958 |
   3 | 352 (8.3) | 76 (21.6) | 0.0 (0.7-1.4) | 0.758 |
   4 | 168 (4.0) | 25 (14.9) | 1.1 (0.7-1.6) | 0.151 |
   5 | 67 (1.6) | 13 (19.4) | 0.7 (0.4-1.2) | 0.841 |
   6 | 39 (0.9) | 7 (17.9) | 0.9 (0.5-1.9) | 0.711 |
   7 | 25 (0.6) | 4 (16.0) | 0.8 (0.4-2.0) | 0.593 |
   8 | 28 (0.7) | 5 (17.9) | 0.7 (0.2-2.3) | 0.740 |
Time of donation of blood components | Â | Â | Â | 0.678 |
   1-5 | 64 (27.9) | 13 (20.3) |  |  |
   6-10 | 29 (12.7) | 10 (34.5) | 1.0 (0.5-1.8) | 0.067 |
   12-15 | 33 (14.4) | 6 (18.2) | 2.1 (1.0-4.4) | 0.987 |
   16-20 | 24 (10.5) | 4 (16.7) | 0.9 (0.4-2.1) | 0.754 |
   21-25 | 19 (8.3) | 2 (10.5) | 0.8 (0.3-2.3) | 0.652 |
   26-30 | 26 (11.4) | 5 (19.2) | 0.5 (0.1-2.0) | 0.299 |
   31-40 | 20 (8.7) | 3 (15.0) | 0.9 (0.7-2.5) | 0.884 |
   41-44 | 14 (6.1) | 4 (28.6) | 0.7 (0.2-2.4) | 0.553 |
Pathogens screen | Â | Â | 0.0 (0.0-1.0) | 0.982 |
   Seronegative | 4452 (99.8) | 907 (20.4) | 2.9(0.7-13.1) | 0.159 |
   Seropositive | 7 (0.2) | 3 (42.9) |  |  |
   (HBV/HCV/HIV/syphilis) |  |  |  |  |