Associations between the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B among people who inject drugs and country-level characteristics: An ecological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a leading cause of liver disease. People who inject drugs (PWID) are at greater risk than the general population of contracting HBV. This risk could depend on societal factors in different countries. We investigated the associations between country-level chronic HBV prevalence in PWID with national indicators of development and prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Methods

We used global systematic review data on chronic HBV prevalence (hepatitis B surface antigen-positive) among PWID and country-level sociodemographic characteristics from online databases. National random-effects meta-analysis estimates of HBV prevalence were the outcome in linear regression models testing for associations with country-level charact

SUBMITTER: Syangbo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728688 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature