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. 2017 Feb 28;55(1):99–103. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2017.55.1.99

Table 2.

Factors associated with the prevalence of toxoplasmosis among HIV patients in Jahrom, southern Iran

Characteristics Toxoplasma positive no. (%) Toxoplasma negative no. (%) Total no. (%) P-value
Gender 0.5
 Male 13 (21.3) 48 (78.7) 61 (67.8)
 Female 6 (20.7) 23 (79.3) 29 (32.2)

Age groups (year) 0.05
 20–29 5 (26.3) 19 (79.2) 24 (23.3)
 30–39 10 (19.2) 42 (71.8) 52 (57.8)
 40–49 1 (10.0) 9 (90.0) 10 (11.1)
 ≥50 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 4 (4.4)

Living area (residence) 0.64
 Urban 17 (28.4) 63 (71.6) 80 (88.9)
 Rural 2 (20.0) 8 (80.0) 10 (11.1)

Education level 0.57
 Illiterate 4 (22.2) 14 (77.8) 18 (20.0)
 Educated (at least primary school) 15 (20.8) 57 (79.2) 72 (80.0)

Disease duration (month) 0.59
 ≥12 6 (20.7) 23 (79.3) 29 (32.2)
 ≤12 13 (21.3) 48 (78.7) 61 (67.8)

Marital status 0.22
 Married 18 (23.1) 60 (76.9) 78 (86.7)
 Single 1 (8.3) 11 (91.7) 12 (13.3)

Antiretroviral therapy 0.02
 Yes 3 (5.1) 56 (94.9) 59 (65.6)
 No 16 (51.6) 15 (48.4) 31 (34.4)

Neurological symptoms 0.42
 Yes 8 (23.5) 26 (76.5) 34 (37.8)
 No 11 (19.6) 45 (80.4) 56 (62.2)

CD4+ cell count (cells/μl) 0.042
 <100 14 (33.3) 28 (66.7) 42 (46.6)
 100–500 3 (8.6) 32 (91.4) 35 (38.8)
 >500 2 (5.4) 11 (84.6) 13 (14.6)