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: Received: 14 July 2022 / Approved: 15 July 2022 / Online: 15 July 2022 (16:00:00 CEST)
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Raza, Q.; Khan, Z.; Fatima, N.; Aysha Anis, R. Frequency of Hepatitis B and C in Relation to Lifestyle and Socio-Demographic Characteristics Among Adults in Lahore. Preprints2022, 2022070239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0239.v1
Raza, Q.; Khan, Z.; Fatima, N.; Aysha Anis, R. Frequency of Hepatitis B and C in Relation to Lifestyle and Socio-Demographic Characteristics Among Adults in Lahore. Preprints 2022, 2022070239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0239.v1
Raza, Q.; Khan, Z.; Fatima, N.; Aysha Anis, R. Frequency of Hepatitis B and C in Relation to Lifestyle and Socio-Demographic Characteristics Among Adults in Lahore. Preprints2022, 2022070239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0239.v1
APA Style
Raza, Q., Khan, Z., Fatima, N., & Aysha Anis, R. (2022). Frequency of Hepatitis B and C in Relation to Lifestyle and Socio-Demographic Characteristics Among Adults in Lahore. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0239.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Raza, Q., Nayab Fatima and Riffat Aysha Anis. 2022 "Frequency of Hepatitis B and C in Relation to Lifestyle and Socio-Demographic Characteristics Among Adults in Lahore" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0239.v1
Abstract
Hepatitis is the eighth highest cause of mortality globally and second-highest in Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to determine frequency of Hepatitis B and C and related lifestyle and socio-demographic risk factors among adults. The data were collected though questionnaire from Hepatitis B and C patients from Mayo and Jinnah hospital Lahore. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 18. There were 5095 patients with Hepatitis B and C out of which 146 patients (67 males and 79 females) filled questionnaire. The frequency of hepatitis C was higher than hepatitis B. The significant risk factors associated with hepatitis B and C were education, marital status, family history, household income, and type of food consumed. Therefore, socio-demographic and lifestyle risk factors related interventions are needed to reduce frequency of Hepatitis B and C.
Keywords
Frequency of hepatitis; Lifestyle determinants of hepatitis; Risk factors of hepatitis; Socio-demographic determinants of hepatitis
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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