Table 6.
Prevalence of CMV based on residential area and economic status diagnosed through IgM antibodies.
| IgM antibodies | |||||||
| Total (n) | Positive | Percent | Negative | Percent | Odds ratio | p value | |
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| Residence | |||||||
| Rural | 291 | 42 | 14.43 | 249 | 85.57 | 0.17 | p ≤ 0.001 |
| Urban | 115 | 7 | 6.09 | 108 | 93.91 | 0.06 | |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Unemployed | 286 | 43 | 15.03 | 243 | 84.97 | 0.18 | p ≤ 0.001 |
| Employed | 120 | 6 | 5.00 | 114 | 95.00 | 0.05 | |