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. 2019 Jun 11;11(6):542. doi: 10.3390/v11060542

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population (N = 3,145). SINV NT: Sindbis virus Neutralization

N Tested ELISA SINV NT
Seropositive p-value* Seropositive p-value*
N % N % N %
Total 3145 100 113 3.6 59 1.9
Collection Year 2011 777 24.71 31 3.99 0.4632 18 2.32 0.7177
2012 814 25.88 27 3.32 14 1.72
2013 785 24.96 33 4.2 15 1.91
2014 769 24.45 22 2.86 12 1.56
Age Group (years) 0–4 460 14.63 13 2.83 <0.0001 3 0.65 <.0001
5–9 426 13.55 12 2.82 7 1.64
10–14 432 13.74 10 2.31 3 0.69
15–29 509 16.18 8 1.57 6 1.18
30–54 476 15.14 19 3.99 14 2.94
55–64 388 12.34 15 3.87 6 1.55
65–74 246 7.82 24 9.76 17 6.91
75+ 208 6.61 12 5.77 3 1.44
Gender Male 1623 51.61 54 3.33 0.4081 25 1.54 0.1520
Female 1522 48.39 59 3.88 34 2.23
Birth Country Other 615 19.56 30 4.88 0.0565 15 2.44 0.2518
Israel 2529 80.44 83 3.28 44 1.74
Population group Jews and Others 2591 82.52 92 3.55 0.7539 44 1.7 0.1050
Arabs 549 17.48 21 3.83 15 2.73
Residence Type Rural 644 20.48 25 3.88 0.6586 20 3.11 0.0099
Urban 2501 79.52 88 3.52 39 1.56
Socioeconomic status Low 1642 67.54 55 3.35 0.3802 26 1.58 0.9074
High 789 32.46 32 4.06 12 1.52
Residence Area South 1095 34.82 44 4.02 0.0297 14 1.28 0.0021
Central 253 8.04 14 5.53 5 1.98
North 1047 33.29 42 4.01 34 3.25
Haifa 193 6.14 2 1.04 0 0
Jerusalem 389 12.37 6 1.54 5 1.29
Tel-Aviv 168 5.34 5 2.98 1 0.6
Number of years lived in Israel (years) 0–9 900 30.29 27 3.00 <0.0001 10 1.11 0.0001
10–19 673 22.65 12 1.78 5 0.74
20–29 302 10.16 9 2.98 5 1.66
30–39 205 6.9 6 2.93 6 2.93
40–49 187 6.29 7 3.74 3 1.6
50–59 274 9.22 12 4.38 6 2.19
≥60 430 14.47 35 8.14 20 4.65

* p-value represents significance of seropositivity between strata within each demographic characteristic.