Meta-regression Analysis of Sex- and Birth Year-Specific Prevalence of HBsAg and Anti-HCV Among Un-diagnosed Japanese: Data From the First-time Blood Donors, Periodical Health Checkup, and the Comprehensive Health Checkup With Lifestyle Education (Ningen Dock)

Background null This study was aimed to precisely estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV) stratified by sex and birth year in Japan. null Methods null Three large-scaled cohorts: first-time blood donors, periodic health check-up, and comprehensive health check-up with lifestyle education (Ningen dock) were used for pooled prevalence of HBsAg and anti-HCV using meta-regression....