A Study on Occurrence of Hepatitis B in the Company Employees and Their Families

당사(當社) 직원(職員) 및 가족(家族)의 B형간염(B型肝炎) 이환율(罹患率)에 관(關)한 검색(檢索)

A study on the occurrence of hepatitis B has been done for 2,680 employees in Daehan Life Insurance Company. The positive rates of HBsAg and anti-HBs were 6.56% and 18.9% respectively. The positive rates of HBsAg and anti-HBs were higher by 2.25% and 2.06% respectively in male than in female. HBsAg and anti-HBs positives were higher at age of 30 to 50 years than other age groups. The drinker group shows higher positive of HBsAg and anti-HBs by 10.44% and 4.26% respectively than non-drinker group. Most of the results of liver function tests in HBsAg positive cases were within reference ranges. HBsAg or anti-HBs positive rate in the family members of HBsAg or anti-HBs positive employees was higher than the over-all positive rates of all subjects, by 14.55% in case of HBsAg and by 2.21% in case of Anti-HBs.