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. 2014 Aug 7;8(8):e3082. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003082

Table 4. Clinical diagnosis and seroprevalence of anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies in psychiatric patients in Shandong Province, eastern China.

Clinical Diagnosis ICD-10 diagnosis Patients with anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies
No. tested No. % (95%CI) P value*
Epilepsy G40 49 17 34.69 (21.37–48.02) <0.0001
Affective disorder F30, F39 13 1 7.69 (0.00–22.18) 0.5664
Somatoform disorder F45 36 5 13.89 (2.59–25.19) 0.8853
Schizophrenia F20 34 5 14.71 (2.80–26.61) 0.7797
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol F10, F18 53 8 15.09 (5.46–24.73) 0.6680
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of drug F13, F15, F19 26 2 7.69 (0.00–17.94) 0.4188
Obsessive-compulsive disorder F42 29 5 17.24 (3.49–30.99) 0.5103
Mild depression F32.051 23 3 13.03 (0.00–26.81) 0.9973
Moderate depression F32.151 52 6 11.54 (2.86–20.22) 0.7475
Major depressive disorder F32.251 39 3 7.69 (0.00–16.06) 0.3235
Mental retardation F71–37, F78 40 7 17.50 (5.73–29.28) 0.4139
Alzheimer's disease G30 33 7 21.21 (7.26–35.16) 0.1725
Dementia in Alzheimer's disease with early onset F00.0 18 4 22.22 (3.02–41.43) 0.2539
Total 445 73 16.40 (12.96–19.85) 0.0752

*As compared with 13.07% seroprevalence of anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies in clinically healthy individuals (187/1431).