Table 5.
Differences in seroprevalence of antibodies against B. burgdorferi and SFGR according to sex, age, and workplace.
| No. tested | B.burgdorferi | SFGR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WB-Positive | Positive rate (%) | p | ELISA-Positive | Positive rate (%) | p | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 232 | 31 | 13.36 | 1.000 | 12 | 5.17 | 0.353 |
| female | 13 | 2 | 15.38 | 2 | 15.38 | ||
| Age | |||||||
| 21~ | 13 | 1 | 7.69 | 0.337* | – | – | 0.202* |
| 31~ | 27 | 3 | 11.11 | 4 | 14.81 | ||
| 41~ | 51 | 11 | 21.57 | 2 | 3.92 | ||
| 51~60 | 154 | 18 | 11.69 | 8 | 5.19 | ||
| Workplace | |||||||
| Tianchi Forestry | 21 | 3 | 14.29 | 0.628* | 1 | 4.76 | 0.316* |
| Sandur Forestry | 39 | 4 | 10.26 | 2 | 5.13 | ||
| Lixin Forestry | 40 | 9 | 22.50 | 3 | 7.50 | ||
| Irsh Forestry | 69 | 7 | 10.14 | 4 | 5.80 | ||
| Transportation Company | 25 | 3 | 12.00 | 2 | 8.00 | ||
| Xing’an Service Area | 22 | 4 | 18.18 | 4 | 18.18 | ||
| Jinjianggou Service Area | 29 | 3 | 10.34 | – | – | ||
*Fisher’s exact text.