Research Article
Investigation of Anti-Toxocara and Anti-Toxoplasma Antibodies in Patients with Schizophrenia Disorder
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the patient and control groups.
| | Feature | Frequency | | Patients’ group | Control group | Total |
| | T. gondii | | | | | Positive | 34 (34%) | 45 (47.36%) | 79 (40.51%) | | Negative | 66 (66%) | 50 (52.63%) | 116 (59.48%) | | Toxocara | | | | | Positive | 14 (14%) | 4 (4.39%) | 18 (9.23%) | | Negative | 86 (86%) | 91 (95.78%) | 177 (90.76%) | | Sex | | | | | Female | 35 (35%) | 43 (45.74%) | 78 (40.20%) | | Male | 65 (65%) | 51 (54.25%) | 116 (59.79%) | | Residence | | | | | Urban | 76 (76%) | 89 (93.98%) | 165 (84.61%) | | Rural | 24 (24%) | 6 (6.31%) | 30 (15.38%) | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 64 (64%) | 77 (81.05%) | 141 (72.30%) | | Married | 25 (25%) | 18 (18.94%) | 43 (22.05%) | | Divorced/widowed | 11 (11%) | 0 (0) | 11 (5.64%) | | Level of education | | | | | Grade school | 74 (74%) | 0 (0) | 74 (37.94%) | | 12 years/high school | 18 (18%) | 9 (9.47%) | 27 (13.84%) | | University degree | 8 (8%) | 86 (90.52%) | 94 (48.20%) | | Ethnicity | | | | | Fars | 46 (48.42%) | 15 (17.85%) | 61 (34.07%) | | Arab | 15 (15.78%) | 33 (39.28%) | 48 (26.81%) | | Lor | 19 (20%) | 34 (40.47%) | 53 (29.60%) | | Others | 15 (15.78%) | 2 (2.38%) | 17 (9.49%) | | Age (years) | | | | | <20 | 0 (0) | 4 (4.21%) | 4 (2.05%) | | 20–29 | 32 (32%) | 83 (87.36%) | 115 (58.97%) | | 30–39 | 34 (34%) | 7 (7.36%) | 41 (21.02%) | | 40–49 | 23 (23%) | 0 (0) | 23 (11.79%) | | >50 | 11 (11%) | 1 (1.05%) | 12 (6.15%) |
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