Research Article
Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus among Adults in South-West of Iran
Table 1
Prevalence of anti-HEV IgG antibody according to gender, race, and age groups in adult population of Ahvaz city, Iran.
| | Number of all participants (%): 510 (100%) | Number of anti-HEV IgG positive subjects (%): 235 (46.1%) | Number of anti-HEV IgG negative subjects (%): 275 (53.9%) | value |
| Gender | | | | 0.106 | Male | 206 (40.4%) | 86 (41.7%) | 120 (58.3%) | | Female | 304 (59.6%) | 149 (49%) | 155 (51%) | | Race | | | | 0.168 | Arab | 274 (53.7%) | 134 (48.9%) | 140 (51.1%) | | Farsi | 236 (46.3%) | 101 (42.8%) | 135 (57.2%) | | Age groups (years) | | | | <0.001 | 18–30 | 70 (13.7%) | 10 (14.3%) | 60 (85.7%) | | 31–40 | 135 (26.5%) | 25 (18.5%) | 110 (81.5%) | | 41–50 | 135 (26.5%) | 55 (40.7%) | 80 (59.3) | | 51–60 | 80 (15.7%) | 70 (87.5%) | 10 (12.5%) | | 60–71 | 55 (10.8%) | 50 (90.9%) | 5 (9.1%) | | >71 | 35 (6.9%) | 25 (71.4%) | 10 (28.6%) | |
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