Vaccination against hepatitis b virus: are Italian medical students sufficiently protected after the public vaccination programme?

Table 3 Characteristics of students stratified by anti-HBs titre

		<10 IU/L	>10 IU/L	P
No. of students		459(15.8)	2,440 (84.2)
Age in years		24 ± 5.3	26 ± 5.1	0.000
Females		269 (58.6)	1,472 (60.3)	n.s
Attending:	School of medicine	112 (24.4)	792 (32,5)	0.0001*
	Healthcare professions school	254 (55.3)	1,175 (48.1)
	Postgraduate medical school	93 (20.3)	473 (19.4)
Vaccinated	in infancy	235 (51.2)	759 (31.1)	0.000
Vaccinated	at age 12 years	224 (48.8)	1,681 (68.9)	0.000

*Healthcare profession school students vs. all medical school students (graduate + postgraduate). Continuous variables are given as mean±SD; categorical variables are given as n° (%)

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