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. 2015 Jul 15;11(10):2434–2439. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1062954

Table 1.

Immunity to diphtheria and pertussis in subjects by different groups

    Anti-diphtheria antibodies
Anti-PT antibodies
Characteristics Total Positive rate (95% CI) (%) Concentration and 95% CI(IU/ml) Positive rate (95% CI)(%) Concentration and 95% CI(IU/ml)
Gender          
Male 1058 67.96[65.09–70.70] 2.871[2.527–3.215] 14.27[12.29–16.51] 16.611[15.009–18.213]
Female 1089 64.65[61.76–67.43] 2.374[2.065–2.682] 10.47[8.78–12.43] 13.755[12.477–15.033]
P   0.105 0.034 0.007 0.006
Registered population          
Native 1082 70.89[68.11–73.52] 2.92[2.577–3.262] 12.20[10.38–14.29] 15.05[13.550–16.551]
Migrant 1065 61.60[58.64–64.47] 2.313[2.005–2.621] 12.49[10.63–14.61] 15.277[13.887–16.666]
P   <0.001 0.01 0.839 0.828
Age groups          
0 206 87.38[82.07–91.60] 3.757[2.984–4.530] 22.33[16.88–28.65] 23.101[19.150–27.051]
1–4 211 97.63[94.54–99.22] 5.643[4.623–6.663] 13.74[9.41–19.13] 16.32[12.744–19.895]
5–9 226 92.48[88.24–95.58] 6.262[5.252–7.273] 5.75[3.09–9.65] 10.532[8.011–13.054]
10–14 216 83.80[78.20–88.43] 2.981[2.276–3.686] 12.50[8.42–17.63] 13.295[10.915–15.675]
15–19 220 73.64[67.33–79.37] 3.582[2.745–4.420] 10.91[7.12–15.80] 14.282[11.388–17.178]
20–24 222 59.01[52.23–65.55] 1.701[1.101–2.301] 13.51[9.33–18.72] 14.787[11.797–17.777]
25–29 204 52.45[45.40–59.50] 1.037[0.622–1.453] 10.78[6.90–15.84] 15.229[11.714–18.744]
30–34 222 43.69[37.08–50.45] 0.398[0.180–0.617] 12.16[8.17–17.18] 13.961[10.756–17.166]
35–39 206 37.38[30.79–44.37] 0.233[0.159–0.308] 10.19[6.45–15.17] 14.414[11.019–17.809]
≥40 214 34.11[27.81–40.92] 0.396[0.131–0.660] 12.15[8.10–17.28] 16.353[12.625–20.080]
P   <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Total 2147 66.28[64.25–68.25] 2.619[2.388–2.849] 12.34[11.02–13.80] 15.163[14.140–16.185]