Table 2. Prevalence of HTLV-1/2 Among Different Population, Gender and Age Groups.
Characteristics | No. tested (%) | HTLV-1 positive (%) | p | HTLV-2 positive (%) | p |
Population | 0.03 | 0.10 | |||
Donors | 3548 (64.7) | 2 (0.06) | 1 (0.03) | ||
MHDs | 908 (16.6) | 1 (0.11) | 0 | ||
HRs | 1024 (18.7) | 4 (0.39) | 2 (0.20) | ||
Gender | 0.82 | 0.72 | |||
Male | 3296 (60.1) | 5 (0.15) | 2 (0.06) | ||
Female | 2184 (39.9) | 2 (0.09) | 1 (0.05) | ||
Age (years) | 0.45 | 0.68 | |||
<20 | 634 (11.6) | 1 (0.16) | 0 | ||
20–40 | 3533 (64.5) | 3 (0.08) | 2 (0.06) | ||
>40 | 1313 (24.0) | 3 (0.23) | 1 (0.08) | ||
All | 5480 | 7 (0.13) | 3 (0.05) | 0.21 |
Note: MHDs, patients with malignant hematological diseases; HRs, high-risk groups.