Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the quilombola population in the state of Paraná, Brazil (2023) and their respective seropositivity for Q fever.

Variables	C. burnetii Seronegative		C. burnetii Seropositive		Total Population
	N	%	N	%	N
Quilombola community
Limitão	40	88.9	5	11.1	45
Mamans	30	71.4	12	28.6	42
Serra do Apon	64	86.5	10	13.5	74
Tronco	22	56.4	17	43.6	39
Age
Young (1 to 18)	36	81.8	7	18.2	44
Adults (19 to 59)	96	75.6	31	24.4	127
Elderly (≥60)	24	82.8	5	17.2	29
p value = 0.5035
Sex
Female	92	78.0	26	22.0	118
Male	65	79.3	17	20.7	82
p value = 0.7755
Education
Illiteracy	29	80.6	7	19.4	36
Elementary school	103	77.4	30	22.6	133
High school	21	84.0	4	16.0	25
Graduate	3	50.0	3	50.0	6
p value = 0.3826
Occupation
Rural Workers	33	67.3	16	32.7	49
Urban Workers	123	82.5	28	18.5	151
p value = 0.0475
Access forest areas
Yes	134	78.8	36	21.2	170
No	24	80.0	6	20.0	30
p value = 0.4820
Game meat consumption
Yes	23	92.0	2	8.0	25
No	134	76.6	41	23.4	175
p value = 0.0761
Meat consumption
Undercooked	7	50.0	7	50.0	14
Well-done	149	80.1	37	19.9	186
p value = 0.0159
Raw milk consumption
Yes	114	79.7	29	20.3	143
No	42	73.7	15	26.3	57
p value = 0.3513
Flea bites
Yes	127	78.9	34	21.1	161
No	29	74.4	10	25.6	39
p value = 0.5250
Tick bites
Yes	111	79.3	29	20.7	140
No	45	75.0	15	25.0	60
p value = 0.5768
Miscarriage
Yes	11	68.7	5	31.3	16
No	81	79.4	21	20.6	102
p value = 0.3529
Dog breeding
Yes	141	79.7	36	20.3	177
No	14	60.9	8	34.8	23
p value = 0.2033
Animal abortion contact
Yes	24	63.2	14	36.8	38
No	132	81.5	30	18.5	162
p value = 0.0276

p values in bold indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) within the categories.