Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the enrolled patients (N = 105)
Variable | Toxocara seropositive | Toxocara seronegative | Total | Statistical (p-value) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||||
Age Categories (years) | ||||||||
˂10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.225 | ||
11–20 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4.3 | 4 | |||
21–30 | 2 | 16.7 | 10 | 10.8 | 12 | |||
31–40 | 3 | 25.0 | 22 | 23.6 | 25 | |||
41–50 | 5 | 41.7 | 30 | 32.2 | 35 | |||
51–60 | 1 | 8.3 | 17 | 18.3 | 2 | |||
˃60 | 1 | 8.3 | 9 | 9.7 | 2 | |||
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 5 | 41.7 | 36 | 38.7 | 41 | 0.695 | ||
Male | 7 | 58.3 | 57 | 61.3 | 64 | |||
Educational levels | ||||||||
No School | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.2 | 3 | 0.271 | ||
Some high School | 7 | 58.3 | 54 | 58.1 | 61 | |||
High School | 2 | 16.7 | 22 | 23.6 | 24 | |||
Some college/Graduate school | 3 | 25.0 | 14 | 15.1 | 17 | |||
Occupation | ||||||||
Unemployed | 3 | 25.0 | 23 | 24.7 | 26 | 0.091 | ||
Worker | 2 | 16.7 | 5 | 5.4 | 7 | |||
Housekeeper | 3 | 25.0 | 27 | 29.0 | 30 | |||
Other | 4 | 33.3 | 38 | 40.9 | 42 | |||
Underlying conditions † | ||||||||
Yes | 8 | 66.7 | 76 | 81.7 | 84 | 0.017††† | ||
No | 4 | 33.3 | 17 | 18.3 | 21 | |||
Pet keeping | ||||||||
Yes | 3 | 25.0 | 14 | 15.1 | 17 | 0.389 | ||
No | 9 | 75.0 | 79 | 84.9 | 88 | |||
HAART †† | ||||||||
With HAART | 5 | 41.7 | 42 | 45.2 | 47 | 0.578 | ||
Without HAART | 7 | 58.3 | 51 | 54.8 | 58 | |||