Table 1: Characteristics summary of the included studies.

Sample Size	Male	Female	HBV %	Male (+)	Female (+)	Region	Methods	HBV Marker	Reference
8439	Irrespective of gender		1.10%			KPK	ELISA	HBsAg	[11]
10288		10288	1.16%		1194	Peshawar	ICT	HbsAg	[12]
2166	Irrespective of gender		3.60%			Peshawar	ELISA	HbsAg	[13]
180	144	36	2.70%	4	1	KPK	ICT/ ELISA	HbsAg	[14]
200	138	62	3.00%	4	2	Mardan	ICT	HbsAg	[15]
170	94	76	5.88%	7	3	Swat	ELISA	HbsAg	[16]
4639	3605	1034	3.59%	143	24	KPK	ICT/ELISA	HbsAg	[17]
824	493	331	2.18%	10	8	Peshawar	ICT	HbsAg	[18]
950	550	400	21.05%	157	43	Malakand Division	ELISA/ RT-PCR	HBsAg, Anti HBs, HBeAg, Anti HBe antibodies	[7]
3915	Irrespective of gender		2.07%			Peshawar	ICT	HBsAg	[19]
32,042	32042		1.97%	632		Peshawar	ELISA	HBsAg	[20]
7148	Irrespective of gender		3.41%			KPK & FATA	ICT/ELISA/RT-PCR	HBsAg	[21]
25944	13593	11991	5.20%	905	447	Bannu	ELISA	HBsAg	[22]
5607		5607	1.37%		77	Swat	ICT/ ELISA	HBsAg	[23]
1300	1214	86	5.07%	Not specified		Kurram Agency	ICT	HBsAg	[24]
4680	2870	1810	3.50%	100	64	Swat	ELISA	HBsAg	[25]
125	83	42	2.40%	2	1	Abbottabad	ELISA	HBsAg	[26]
252	252		22.40%	56		NWFP	ELISA	HBsAg	[27]
1418	872	544	1.80%	16	10	Abbottabad	ELISA	HBsAg	[28]
1630	1205	425	2.02%	28	5	Abbottabad	ELISA	HBsAg	[29]