Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus among Adults in South-West of Iran

Table 2

Prevalence of anti-HEV IgM 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 IgM positive subjects (%): 7 (1.4%)	Number of anti-HEV IgM negative subjects (%): 503 (98.6%)	value
Gender				0.448
Male	206 (40.4%)	4 (1.9%)	202 (98.1%)
Female	304 (59.6%)	3 (1%)	301 (99%)
Race				0.130
Arab	274 (53.7%)	6 (2.2%)	268 (97.8%)
Farsi	236 (46.3%)	1 (0.4%)	235 (99.6%)
Age groups (years)				0.012
18–30	70 (13.7%)	4 (5.7%)	66 (94.3%)
31–40	135 (26.5%)	3 (2.2%)	132 (97.8%)
41–50	135 (26.5%)	0	135 (100%)
51–60	80 (15.7%)	0	80 (100%)
60–71	55 (10.8%)	0	55 (100%)
>71	35 (6.9%)	0	35 (100%)