Table 1.
Toxoplasmosis and sociodemographic/obstetric factors in the study population
| Sociodemographic factor | No. of subjects (%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IgG negative | IgG positive | ||
| Age (yrs) (n = 408 subjects) | |||
| 16–21 | 67 (63.8) | 38 (36.2) | >0.05 |
| 22–26 | 89 (67.9) | 42 (32.1) | |
| 27–31 | 71 (64.5) | 39 (35.5) | |
| 32–47 | 40 (64.5) | 22 (35.5) | |
| No. of yrs in school (n = 418 subjects) | |||
| ≤5 | 86 (56.2) | 67 (43.8) | <0.05 |
| 5–8 | 75 (70.8) | 31 (29.2) | |
| 8–11 | 18 (78.3) | 5 (21.7) | |
| ≥12 | 95 (69.9) | 41 (30.1) | |
| Residence (n = 400 subjects) | |||
| Rural | 64 (52.5) | 58 (47.5) | <0.001 |
| Urban | 197 (70.9) | 81 (29.1) | |
| Abortion history (n = 419 subjects) | |||
| None | 224 (66.5) | 113 (33.5) | >0.05 |
| Once | 46 (63.0) | 27 (37.0) | |
| More than once | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | |
| No. of pregnancies (n = 386 subjects) | |||
| 1 | 122 (69.3) | 54 (30.7) | >0.05 |
| >1 | 130 (61.9) | 80 (38.1) | |
| Monthly income (IRRa) (n = 407 subjects) | |||
| Below 2,000,000 | 156 (65.5) | 82 (34.5) | >0.05 |
| 2,000,000–4,000,000 | 98 (63.2) | 57 (36.8) | |
| Above 4,000,000 | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | |
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IRR, Iranian rial.