Skip to main content

Table 1 Stratification by sex and age in cases and controls and seropositivity rates to T. gondii

From: Association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and thyroid dysfunction: a case-control seroprevalence study

 

Cases

Controls

 

Characteristics

No. tested

Seropositivity to T. gondii

No. tested

Seropositivity to T. gondii

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

P value

  

No.

%

 

No.

%

   

Sex

 Male

24

1

4.2

72

10

13.9

0.26

0.03–2.22

0.28

 Female

152

10

6.6

456

38

8.3

0.77

0.37–1.59

0.48

Age (years old)

  ≤ 30

12

0

0.0

37

2

5.4

1.00

1.00

 31–50

71

1

1.4

220

21

9.5

0.13

0.01–1.02

0.02

  > 50

93

10

10.8

271

25

9.2

1.18

0.54–2.57

0.66