Table 3.

Past neurological history, public health and diagnostic data of HIV+ and HIV– individuals of the matched study population

Variables	HIV+ (170)		HIV– (170)		Total (340)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
History of acute headaches
Yes	38	22.4	16	9.4	54	15.9	<0.01
History of chronic headaches
Yes	6	3.5	4	2.4	10	2.9	0.52
Past or present epileptic seizures
Yes	4	2.4	3	1.8	7	2.1	0.70
History of psychiatric disorders
Yes	15	8.8	6	3.5	21	6.2	0.04
Current CNS symptoms
Yes	7	4.1	1	0.6	8	2.4	0.03
Current PNS symptoms
Yes	13	7.6	5	2.9	18	5.3	0.05
CC-Ag
Positive	1	0.6	0	0.0	1	0.3	0.32
CC-Ab by LLGP-EITB
Positive	4	2.4	4	2.4	8	2.4	1.00
CC-Ab by rT24H-blot
Positive	4	2.4	4	2.4	8	2.4	1.00
Taeniosis-Ab
Positive	1	0.6	2	1.2	3	0.9	0.56
NCCa
Positive	4	2.4	4	2.4	8	2.4	1.00
History of tapeworm carrier in family
Yes	7	4.1	3	1.8	10	2.9	0.20
Handwashing before eating
Yes	12	7.1	20	11.8	32	9.4	0.14
Anthelmintic treatment in the past year
Yes	12	7.1	25	14.7	37	10.9	0.02

CNS central nervous system, PNS peripheral nervous system, HAART highly active antiretroviral therapy, CC cysticercosis, Ag antigen, Ab antibody, LLGP-EITB lentin-lectin glycoprotein electroimmunosorbent blot, NCC neurocysticercosis

^aAccording to the revised diagnostic criteria proposed by Del Brutto [10]