Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25857645›Full record

ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2015

Sex differences associated with hepatitis B virus surface antigen seropositivity unwareness in hepatitis B virus surface antigen-positive adults: 2007-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Suk-Yong Jang, Sung-In Jang, Hong-Chul Bae, Jaeyong Shin, Eun-Cheol Park

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Suk-Yong JangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sung-In JangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hong-Chul BaeDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jaeyong ShinDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Eun-Cheol ParkDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo examine the sex-specific factors associated with being unaware of one's hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) seropositivity status in a large, HBsAg-positive population of Koreans.

methodsIn total, 1197 subjects aged 19 years or older who were HBsAg-positive according to data from the 2007-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included. Subjects were considered unaware of their HBsAg seropositivity status if they answered that they had no knowledge of being previously infected by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or diagnosed with HBV hepatitis. Multivariate Poisson regression models with robust variance estimate were used to assess the significance of the variables using weighted frequencies.

resultsThe majority (77.8%) of HbsAg-positive Korean adults (females, 81.9%; males, 74.6%) were unaware of their HBsAg seropositivity status. We found that sex (female: prevalence ratio [PR] 1.19), household income (low: PR, 1.15), marital status (never married: PR, 1.18), self-rated health (moderate: PR, 1.14; good: PR, 1.12), and alcohol use (at least 2-3 times/wk: PR, 1.21) were associated with being unaware. In females, age (50 to 59 years: PR, 1.29; ≥ 70 years: PR, 1.30), household income (low: PR, 1.37; middle-low: PR, 1.24), and marital status (never married: PR, 1.33) were associated with being unaware. In males, self-rated health (moderate: PR, 1.14; good: PR, 1.21) and alcohol use (at least 2-3 times/wk: PR, 1.21) were associated with being unaware.

conclusionsFactors related to the socioeconomic status of females and the health-related behaviors of males were found to be associated with being unaware of one's HBsAg seropositivity status.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAlcohol DrinkingAsian PeopleAwarenessBody Mass IndexFemaleHealth StatusHepatitis BHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansIncomeMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysHepatitis B Surface AntigensAwarenessCarcinomaHepatitis B virusHepatocellularKorea

Identifiers

PMID25857645
PMCPMC4398152

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.