Table 3.

Association of anti-HHV-7 IgG positivity with social variables of study groups

Variables	Patients				Controls
	Anti-HHV-7 IgG				Anti-HHV-7 IgG
	Positive		Negative		Positive		Negative
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age (Ys)
1---4	12	20.0	48	80.0	7	36.8	12	63.2
5---9	16	21.3	59	78.7	8	33.3	16	66.7
10---14	5	14.3	30	85.7	4	23.5	13	76.5
P-value	0.678 *				0.675 *
Gender
Male	13	16.7	65	83.3	10	34.5	19	65.5
Female	20	21.7	72	78.3	9	29.0	22	71.0
P-value	0.405 *				0.650 *
Residence
Rural	2	12.5	14	87.5	-	-	-	-
Urban	31	20.1	123	79.9	19	31.7	41	68.3
P-value	0.463 *				-
No. children/family
One	1	16.7	5	83.3	1	25.0	3	75.0
Two	10	27.8	26	72.2	3	30.0	7	70.0
Three	6	17.1	29	82.9	5	41.7	7	58.3
Four	11	28.2	28	71.8	3	21.4	11	78.6
≥ Five	5	9.3	49	90.7	7	35.0	13	65.0
P-value	0.124 *				0.839 *

*Insignificant difference among percentages using Pearson Chi-square test (χ²-test) at 0.05 level