Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors for toxoplasmosis.
Total Ig (n=781) |
IgM (n=387) |
Avidity (n=17) |
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n (%) | n (%) | P | n | n (%) | P |
n (%) |
P | |||
High | Intermediate | Weak | ||||||||
All | 781 (100.0) | 627 (80.3) | 17 (4.4) | 13 (76.4) | 2 (11.8) | 2 (11.8) | ||||
Time of pregnancy | ||||||||||
1st trimester | 17 (2.2) | 12 (70.6) | 5 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
2nd trimester | 364 (46.8) | 297 (81.6) | 174 | 5 (2.9) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | |||
3rd trimester | 397 (51.0) | 316 (79.6) | 0.47 | 208 | 12 (5.8) | 0.37 | 10 (83.3) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) | 0.33 |
Gravidity | ||||||||||
Primigravidae | 216 (27.7) | 166 (76.8) | 105 | 6 (5.7) | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (33.3) | |||
Multigravidae | 565 (72.3) | 461 (81.6) | 0.14 | 282 | 11 (3.9) | 0.41 | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.21 |
Stillbirth | ||||||||||
No | 601 (76.9) | 479 (79.7) | 298 | 14 (4.7) | 11 (78.6) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (14.3) | |||
Yes | 180 (23.1) | 148 (82.2) | 0.46 | 89 | 3 (3.4) | 0.77 | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.58 |
Profession | ||||||||||
Housewife | 517 (66.2) | 416 (80.5) | 260 | 10 (3.9) | 9 (90.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | |||
Vegetable farmer | 3 (0.4) | 3 (100.0) | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Businesswoman | 64 (8.2) | 49 (76.6) | 28 | 3 (10.7) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Artisan | 58 (7.4) | 46 (79.3) | 25 | 1 (4.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Student | 47 (6.0) | 37 (78.7) | 23 | 3 (13.0) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) | |||
Salaried worker | 92 (11.8) | 76 (82.6) | 0.88 | 50 | 0 (0.0) | 0.06 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.11 |
Presence of domestic cat | ||||||||||
No | 667 (85.5) | 533 (79.9) | 331 | 14 (4.2) | 11 (78.6) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (14.3) | |||
Yes | 113 (14.5) | 93 (82.3) | 0.40 | 55 | 3 (5.5) | 0.72 | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.58 |
Consumption of undercooked meat | ||||||||||
No | 637 (81.9) | 512 (80.4) | 312 | 12 (3.9) | 9 (75.0) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (16.7) | |||
Yes | 141 (18.1) | 113 (80.1) | 0.95 | 73 | 5 (6.9) | 0.34 | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.53 |
Consumption of raw vegetables | ||||||||||
No | 592 (76.2) | 470 (79.4) | 288 | 13 (4.5) | 9 (69.2) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (15.4) | |||
Yes | 185 (23.8) | 154 (83.2) | 0.25 | 96 | 4 (4.2) | 0.89 | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.45 |
Contact with soil | ||||||||||
No | 242 (31.6) | 192 (79.3) | 116 | 5 (4.3) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | |||
Yes | 524 (68.4) | 422 (80.5) | 0.70 | 264 | 12 (4.6) | 0.92 | 10 (83.3) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) |