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. 2015 Apr 3;15:172. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0912-1

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients with psychoactive substance use and seroprevalence of T. gondii infection

Prevalence of
Subjects tested T. gondii infection P
Characteristic No. No. % value
Patient group
 Inpatients 98 12 12.2 0.22
 Outpatients 51 3 5.9
Psychiatric diagnosis
 F10 (use of alcohol) 38 3 7.9 0.89
 F12 (use of cannabinoids) 8 1 12.5
 F13 (use of sedative hypnotics) 7 1 14.3
 F14 (use of cocaine) 1 0 0.0
 F15 (use of other stimulants, caffeine) 3 1 33.3
 F17 (use of tobacco) 10 1 10.0
 F19 (use of multiple drugs) 82 8 9.8
Subtype of disorder
 F1x.0 (acute intoxication) 2 0 0.0 0.87
 F1x.1 (harmful use) 28 2 7.1
 F1x.2 (dependence syndrome) 118 13 11.0
 F1x.5 (psychotic disorder) 1 0 0.0
Evolution time
 <10 years 79 7 8.9 0.8
 10-20 years 48 5 10.4
 >20 years 22 3 13.6
Response to treatment
 Good 85 8 9.4 0.93
 Regular 53 6 11.3
 Bad 11 1 9.1
Other psychiatric disease
 Yes 77 10 13.0 0.22
 No 72 5 6.9
Aggressiveness
 Yes 99 6 6.1 0.02
 No 50 9 18.0
Suicide ideation
 Yes 99 5 5.1 0.004
 No 50 10 20.0
Suicide attempt
 Yes 57 2 3.5 0.03
 No 92 13 14.1
Number of suicide attempts
 1-3 45 2 4.4 1
 >3 12 0 0.0
Time of last suicide attempt
 <6 months ago 26 1 3.8 1
 ≥6 months ago 31 1 3.2