Clinical Study
Investigation of Anti-Toxocara Antibodies in Epileptic Patients and Comparison of Two Methods: ELISA and Western Blotting
Table 1
The epidemiological and demographical factors in patients and healthy participants.
| | Factors | Patients, (%) | Healthy, (%) | Total | value |
| | Age group (years) | | | | | | 20 | 42 (49.5) | 38 (44.7) | 80 | >0.05 | | 20–39 | 28 (32.9) | 34 (40.0) | 62 | | 40–59 | 12 (14.1) | 13 (15.3) | 25 | | 60 | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 | | Sex | | | | | | Female | 30 (5.3) | 28 (32.9) | 58 | >0.05
| | Male | 55 (64.7) | 57 (67.1) | 112 | | Residence | | | | | | Rural | 67 (72.8) | 70 (82.4) | 137 | >0.05
| | urban | 18 (21.2)
| 15 (17.6)
| 33
| | Metier | | | | | | Student | 37 (45.1) | 22 (26.2) | 59 | <0.05
| | Worker | 26 (31.7) | 38 (45.2) | 64 | Other
| 22 (23.2)
| 25 (28.6)
| 47
| | Schooling level | | | | | | No school | 13 (15.3) | 21 (24.7) | 34 | >0.05 | | Some high | 15 (17.7) | 6 (7.1) | 21 | | High school | 40 (47.1) | 32 (37.6) | 72 | Some college graduate school
| 27 (31.8)
| 26 (30.6)
| 53
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| | Total | 85 (100) | 85 (100) | | |
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