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Table 1 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in the study populations in China

From: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among patients with hand, foot and mouth disease in Henan, China: a hospital-based study

Variable

HFMD patients

Control subjects

HFMD patients vs control subjects

No. examined

No.of positive

Prevalence (%)

No. examined

No.of positive

Prevalence (%)

X 2

P-value

Gender

        

Male

187

23

12.30

130

4

3.08

8.371

0.004

Female

94

12

12.77

92

0

0

12.555

<0.001

Age (year)

        

<1

124

11

8.87

64

0

0

4.527

0.033

1 ~ 2

87

14

16.09

56

0

0

9.989

0.002

2 ~ 3

44

6

13.64

52

0

0

5.415

0.02

>3

26

4

15.38

50

4

8.00

0.362

0.548

Total

281

35

12.46

222

4

1.80

19.681

<0.001