Lack of Association between Toxocara Exposure and Suicide Attempts in Psychiatric Patients

Table 1

Bivariate analysis of Toxocara seropositivity and a selection of sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics of the patients studied.

Characteristic	Number of patients studied	Prevalence of Toxocara infection		value
		Number	%
Age groups (years)
30 or less	100	2	2.0	0.33
31–50	151	0	0.0
>50	31	0	0.0
Gender
Male	88	1	1.1	0.52
Female	194	1	0.5
Birthplace
Durango state	249	2	0.8	1.00
Other Mexican states	32	0	0.0
Abroad	1	0	0.0
Educational level
No education	4	0	0.0	0.67
1 to 6 years	64	1	1.6
7 to 12 years	160	1	0.6
>12 years	54	0	0.0
Frequent headache
Yes	183	2	1.1	0.54
No	99	0	0.0
Vision impairment
Yes	159	2	1.3	0.5
No	123	0	0.0
Cleaning cat excrement
Yes	79	1	1.3	0.48
No	203	1	0.5
Boar meat consumption
Yes	11	1	9.1	0.07
No	270	1	0.4
Pigeon meat consumption
Yes	14	1	7.1	0.09
No	268	1	0.4
Squirrel meat consumption
Yes	11	1	9.1	0.07
No	271	1	0.4
Consumption of dried goat meat
Yes	9	1	11.1	0.06
No	273	1	0.4
Contact with soil
Yes	117	1	0.9	1.00
No	165	1	0.6
Type of flooring at home
Ceramic or wood	64	2	3.1	0.10
Concrete	210	0	0.0
Soil	8	0	0.0