Nishioka S de A, Gyorkos T W, Joseph L, Collet J P, Maclean J D
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Epidemiol Infect. 2002 Feb;128(1):63-71. doi: 10.1017/s0950268801006094.
Tattoos have been shown to be associated with transfusion-transmitted diseases (TTDs), particularly hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Very little is known about the association between different categories of tattoos and TTDs. In a cross-sectional study in Brazil, we studied 182 individuals with tattoos and assessed the odds of testing positive for a TTD according to tattoo type, number, design and performance conditions. Major findings were significant associations between an increasing number of tattoos and HBV infection (odds ratio (OR) of 2.04 for two tattoos and 3.48 for > or = 3 tattoos), having a non-professional tattoo and testing positive for at least one TTD (OR = 3.25), and having > or = 3 tattoos and testing positive for at least one TTD (OR = 2.98). We suggest that non-professional tattoos and number of tattoos should be assessed as potential deferral criteria in screening blood donors.
纹身已被证明与输血传播疾病(TTDs)有关,尤其是乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)和丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)感染。对于不同类型的纹身与TTDs之间的关联,人们了解甚少。在巴西的一项横断面研究中,我们对182名有纹身的个体进行了研究,并根据纹身类型、数量、图案和操作条件评估了TTD检测呈阳性的几率。主要发现包括纹身数量增加与HBV感染之间存在显著关联(两个纹身的比值比(OR)为2.04,三个及以上纹身的OR为3.48),有非专业纹身且至少一种TTD检测呈阳性(OR = 3.25),以及有三个及以上纹身且至少一种TTD检测呈阳性(OR = 2.98)。我们建议,在筛查献血者时,应将非专业纹身和纹身数量作为潜在的延期标准进行评估。