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. 2018 Apr 15;2018:3813612. doi: 10.1155/2018/3813612

Table 1.

Risk factors analysis of seropositivity to toxoplasmosis among blood donors in southwest Iran.

Variables Frequency (number) Seropositivity (%) Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) p value
Blood transfusion
 Yes 8 37.5 3.09 (0.714–13.407) 0.135
 No 277 16.2 1
Place of residence 0.602
 City 203 17.5 1.257 (0.618–2.559)
 Village 82 14.6 1
Eating of semicooked meat 0.007
 Yes 157 22.30 2.538 (1.278–5.038)
 No 128 10.15 1
Contact with cat 0.841
 Yes 51 15.6 0.902 (0.394–2.065)
 No 234 20.51
Taking immunosuppressive drugs 0.199
 Yes 5 40 3.391 (.551–20.866)
 No 280 16-4
Contact with soil 0.001
 Yes 61 47.5 9.778 (4.914–19.457)
 No 224 8.5
Job 0.040
 Employees 112 25 1
 Other business 81 16 1.744
 Student 24 4 7.667
 Farmer and rancher 55 9.09 3.333
 Unemployed 13 7.70 4.000
Educational level 0.592
 Secondary level and below 56 17.86 1.049 (0.469–2.348)
 High-school level 89 13.5 1.463 (0.696–3.075)
 University level 140 18.6 1
Blood group 0.285
 A 88 13.6 1.715 (0.812–3.621)
 B 57 15.8 1.444 (0.628–3.324)
 AB 18 5.5 4.604 (0.585–36.226)
 O 122 21.3 1
Washing vegetables with antiseptic materials 0.587
 Yes 73 19.7 1
 No 212 16.03 1.242 (.624–2.473)
Awareness about toxoplasmosis 0.702
 Yes 10 10 0.539 (0.067–4.357)
 No 275 17.1 1