Table 1 Sociodemographic and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence among drug addicted individuals referred to the laboratories of the medical centers of Lar city in Fars Province during April 2019 to December 2019
Characteristic | IgG | p-value | IgM | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||||||
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||||
Gender | Male | 35 | 32.7 | 72 | 67.3 | 0.457 | 1 | 99.1 | 0.391 | 1.99 | 0.391 |
Female | 12 | 40.0 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 96.7 | 7.96 | ||||
Married | No | 9 | 29.0 | 22 | 71.0 | 0.482 | 0 | 100. | 0.99 | .100 | 0.99 |
Yes | 38 | 35.8 | 68 | 64.2 | 2 | 98.1 | 1.98 | ||||
Age (year) | 30 > | 1 | 7.7 | 12 | 92.3 | 0.039* | 0 | 100 | 0.223 | 100 | 0.223 |
31–40 | 15 | 26.3 | 42 | 73.7 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
41–50 | 17 | 47.2 | 19 | 52.8 | 2 | 94.4 | 4.94 | ||||
51–60 | 9 | 47.4 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
60 < | 5 | 41.7 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Education | Illiterate | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 0.491 | 0 | 100 | 0.314 | 100 | 0.314 |
Primary school | 18 | 43.9 | 23 | 56.1 | 2 | 95.1 | 1.95 | ||||
Secondary school | 15 | 27.3 | 40 | 72.7 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Diploma | 11 | 36.7 | 19 | 63.3 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
College | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Occupation | Self-employed | 39 | 33.6 | 77 | 66.4 | 0.289 | 2 | 98.3 | 0.947 | 3.98 | 0.947 |
Unemployed | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Housewife | 2 | 20.0 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Employee | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Residence | Urban | 30 | 34.1 | 58 | 65.9 | 0.943 | 0 | 100 | 0.056 | 100 | 0.056 |
Rural | 17 | 34.7 | 32 | 65.3 | 2 | 95.9 | 9.95 | ||||
Consumption of meat | Grilled | 12 | 35.3 | 22 | 64.7 | 0.498 | 1 | 97.1 | 0.624 | 1.97 | 0.624 |
Boiled | 28 | 37.3 | 47 | 62.7 | 1 | 98.7 | 7.98 | ||||
Grilled/boiled | 7 | 25.0 | 21 | 75.0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Type of water source | Well water | 8 | 29.6 | 19 | 70.4 | 0.164 | 0 | 100 | 0.799 | 100 | 0.799 |
Cistern | 8 | 23.5 | 26 | 76.5 | 1 | 97.1 | 1.97 | ||||
Treated pipe water | 30 | 42.9 | 40 | 57.1 | 1 | 98.6 | 6.98 | ||||
Mineral water | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Type of vegetable wash | Only water | 39 | 35.5 | 71 | 64.5 | 0.568 | 2 | 98.2 | 0.99 | 98.2 | 0.99 |
With disinfectant | 8 | 29.6 | 19 | 70.4 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Contact with cat | No | 28 | 33.3 | 56 | 66.7 | 0.763 | 1 | 98.8 | 0.99 | 98.8 | 0.99 |
Yes | 19 | 35.8 | 34 | 64.2 | 1 | 98.1 | 98.1 | ||||
Duration of consumption of narcotic drug | Less than a year | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 | 0.99 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0.99 | |
More than a year | 46 | 34.6 | 87 | 65.4 | 2 | 98.5 | 98.5 | ||||
The way of consumption of narcotic drugs | Inhalation | 27 | 40.3 | 40 | 59.7 | 0.141 | 1 | 98.5 | 0.862 | 98.5 | 0.862 |
Oral | 9 | 37.5 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Oral-inhalation | 8 | 20.0 | 32 | 80.0 | 1 | 97.5 | 97.5 | ||||
Injection- inhalation | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Type of the consumed narcotic drug | Opium | 40 | 35.7 | 72 | 64.3 | 0.502 | 2 | 98.2 | 0.797 | 98.2 | 0.797 |
Heroin | 2 | 18.2 | 9 | 81.8 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Crystal methamphetamine | 5 | 35.7 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||