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. 2012 Mar 23;9:71. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-9-71

Table 2.

Main characteristics of the two last cross-sectional surveys of HTLV antibodies conducted in Spain

Survey Year 200815
(n = 5,742)
2009
(n = 6,460)
p
Male gender (%) 41.2 40

Median age, years (IQR) 40 (31-57) 38 (29-53)

Origin (%)
 Spain 92 88
 Latin America 3.4 4.9
 Africa 1.9 3.6
 Asia 0.2 0.6
 Other European countries 2.5 2.8

HTLV (n, %) 7 (0.12) 9 (0.14) 0.9
 HTLV-1 0 (0) 4 (0.06) 0.08
 HTLV-2 7 (0.12) 5 (0.08) 0.62