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. 2017 Jan 5;17:21. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-2160-4

Table 3.

Median distance from home address to nearest pig farm by anti-hepatitis E virus IgG ratio

Positive or borderline anti-HEV IgG ratioa Negative anti-HEV IgG ratiob
Age group (years) n Median distance (m) Range in distance (m)c n Median distance (m) Range in distance (m)c P-value
20–30 5 689 [469–850] 45 652 [489–843] 1.00
30–40 27 751 [373–1102] 152 581 [440–872] 0.16
40–50 83 702 [416–965] 349 665 [441–900] 0.68
50–60 166 701 [498–955] 495 674 [455–901] 0.28
60–70 352 748 [517–970] 586 686 [430–938] 0.02
> = 70 62 794 [539–1041] 100 672 [528–1004] 0.36
Total 695 730 [509–969] 1727 663 [447–916] 0.001

aAnti-HEV IgG ratio > =0.90

bAnti-HEV IgG ratio <0.90

cRange from the 25th to the 75th percentile of the distance from home address to nearest pig farm