Table 3. Bivariate Analysis of a Selection of Behavioral Characteristics of Mennonites and HEV Infection.
Characteristic | No. of subjects testeda | Prevalence of HEV infection |
P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | |||
Raising animalsb | ||||
Yes | 124 | 8 | 6.5 | 0.64 |
No | 22 | 2 | 9.1 | |
Pork meat consumption | ||||
Yes | 132 | 8 | 6.1 | 0.24 |
No | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | |
Beef consumption | ||||
Yes | 141 | 9 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
No | 5 | 1 | 20 | |
Pigeon meat consumption | ||||
Yes | 38 | 4 | 10.5 | 0.29 |
No | 107 | 6 | 5.6 | |
Duck meat consumption | ||||
Yes | 31 | 3 | 9.7 | 0.44 |
No | 114 | 7 | 6.1 | |
Degree of meat cooking | ||||
Undercooked | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0.44 |
Well done | 136 | 9 | 6.6 | |
Raw cow milk consumption | ||||
Yes | 86 | 7 | 8.1 | 0.74 |
No | 58 | 3 | 5.2 | |
Sausages consumption | ||||
Yes | 138 | 9 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
No | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | |
Ham consumption | ||||
Yes | 132 | 8 | 6.1 | 0.22 |
No | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | |
Salami consumption | ||||
Yes | 59 | 5 | 8.5 | 0.52 |
No | 86 | 5 | 5.8 | |
Unwashed raw fruits | ||||
Yes | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 |
No | 113 | 10 | 8.8 | |
Untreated water | ||||
Yes | 86 | 8 | 9.3 | 0.31 |
No | 58 | 2 | 3.4 | |
Traveled abroad | ||||
Yes | 84 | 8 | 9.5 | 0.19 |
No | 62 | 2 | 3.2 | |
National trips | ||||
Yes | 107 | 8 | 7.5 | 0.44 |
No | 38 | 1 | 2.6 | |
Frequency of eating out of home | ||||
Up to 10 times a year | 74 | 7 | 9.5 | 0.16 |
More than 10 times a year | 70 | 2 | 2.9 |
aSums may not add up to 150 because of missing values. bRaising of any kind of animals.