Table 1 Seroprevalence of anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies in psychiatric patients and controls according to age groups.
From: Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondiiinfection in psychiatric inpatients in a northern Mexican city
Psychiatric patients | Controls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. gondii infection | T. gondii infection | ||||||
Age groups | No. tested | No. | % | No. tested | No. | % | P value |
16–24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0.69 |
25–34 | 30 | 5 | 16.7 | 48 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.13 |
35–44 | 27 | 4 | 14.8 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 | 0.54 |
45–54 | 33 | 8 | 24.2 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 0.36 |
55–64 | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0.34 |
65–74 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 16.1 | 0.38 |
75–84 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
16–84 | 125 | 23 | 18.4 | 180 | 16 | 8.9 | 0.02 |
Unknown age | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | ||||
All | 137 | 25 | 18.2 | 180 | 16 | 8.9 | 0.02 |