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Table 2 Geometric mean titers (GMTs) of poliovirus-antibodies according to sex, age, and region

From: A national cross-sectional study for poliovirus seroprevalence in the Republic of Korea in 2012: implication for deficiency in immunity to polio among middle-aged people

 

PV1

PV2

PV3

GMT

P value*

GMT

P value

GMT

P value

Total

163.1

 

206.2

 

108.4

 

(134.9–191.2)

 

(174.2–238.1)

 

(85.3–131.5)

 

Sex

      

Male

173.1

0.51

257.1

0.004

112.3

0.76

(-37.6–75.4)

 

(32.3–159.5)

 

(-39.0–53.7)

 

Female

154.2

 

161.2

 

105.0

 

(-37.4–75.3)

 

(30.5–161.4)

 

(-38.9–53.6)

 

Age group (years)

      

6–10

372.8

<0.01

470.2

<0.01

280.8

<0.01

(295.9–449.7)

 

(383.0–557.4)

 

(213.5–348.1)

 

11–20

83.0

 

107.1

 

38.2

 

(59.4–106.7)

 

(81.9–132.2)

 

(27.6–48.9)

 

21–40

39.5

 

53.6

 

13.2

 

(27.6–51.3)

 

(39.9–67.2)

 

(9.5–16.9)

 

41–60

34.0

 

63.5

 

23.9

 

(22.0–45.9)

 

(47.6–79.4)

 

(16.2–31.7)

 

>60

142.6

 

113.2

 

38.9

 

(31.0–254.2)

 

(20.2–206.3)

 

(19.8–58.1)

 

Region

      

Gyeonggi-do

172.0

0.16

205.7

<0.01

100.3

<0.01

(119.1–224.9)

 

(153.8–257.7)

 

(66.4–134. 3)

 

Gyeongsang-do

176.0

 

248.2

 

128.1

 

(119.8–232.3)

 

(166.3–330.2)

 

(67.4–188.9)

 

Seoul

109.6

 

100.1

 

40.0

 

(39.9–79.2)

 

(59.4–140.7)

 

(19.5–60.5)

 

Chungcheong-do

218.0

 

273.6

 

185.5

 

(127.6–308.4)

 

(165.5–381.8)

 

(95.1–275.9)

 

Jeolla-do

122.2

 

171.5

 

74.5

 

(70.3–174.1)

 

(92.2–250.8)

 

(33.9–115.0)

 

Gangwon-do

149.3

 

263.7

 

135.0

 

(71.1–227.5)

 

(87.0–440.3)

 

(33.7–236.3)

 

Jeju-do

86.0

 

173.0

 

136.0

 

(-58.2–230.2)

 

(-117.4–463.4)

 

(-164.1–436.1)

 
  1. The data are presented as mean (95% confidence interval).
  2. *P < 0.05 indicates significant differences of seroprevalence among the compared groups.
  3. PV, poliovirus.