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. 2021 Feb 4;26(5):1900710. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.5.1900710

Table 2. Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence by demographic factor and stratified by self-reported nationality, as recorded by national perinatal survey, France, 2016 (n = 13,173).

Demographics French women North African women Sub-Saharan African women
Seroprevalence aPR 95% CI Seroprevalence aPR 95% CI Seroprevalence aPR 95% CI
n/N % n/N % n/N %
Age (years)
< 20 31/158 19.6 0.59 0.41‒0.83 NA NA NA NA 16/22 72.7 1.19 0.89–1.60
20–24 205/1,249 16.4 0.50 0.44–0.57 17/57 29.8 0.72 0.46–1.13 40/83 48.2 0.93 0.69–1.24
25–29 794/3,341 23.8 0.73 0.67–0.78 55/180 30.6 0.78 0.59–1.04 68/156 43.6 0.93 0.72–1.20
30–35 1,203/3,606 33.4 Ref NA 71/179 39.7 Ref NA 70/160 43.8 Ref NA
35–39 708/1,732 40.9 1.20 1.11–1.29 62/132 47.0 1.16 0.90–1.50 52/88 59.1 1.43 1.121.84
≥ 40 210/395 53.2 1.54 1.39–1.70 22/35 62.9 1.50 1.10–2.05 13/22 59.1 1.27 0.87–1.86
Professional status of household
Without a profession 62/238 26.1 1.03 0.82–1.28 10/27 37.0 1.09 0.63–1.89 22/37 59.5 1.21 0.84–1.75
Manual 171/695 24.6 0.98 0.86–1.13 55/135 40.7 1.25 0.90–1.75 29/69 42.0 0.84 0.58–1.21
Employee 788/2,942 26.8 0.99 0.91–1.07 68/158 43.0 1.24 0.91–1.70 78/192 40.6 0.89 0.66–1.20
Intermediate professional 1,012/3,410 29.7 Ref NA 37/106 34.9 Ref NA 31/68 45.6 Ref NA
Higher professional 754/2,052 36.7 1.12 1.04–1.21 18/66 27.3 0.89 0.56–1.41 13/33 39.4 0.92 0.56–1.50
Farmer/ commerce 334/1,047 31.9 1.08 0.98–1.19 3277 41.6 1.29 0.89–1.87 58/88 65.9 1.05 0.77–1.43
ZEAT
East 149/798 18.7 0.67 0.57–0.79 13/28 46.4 1.07 0.67–1.73 9/14 64.3 1.76 1.052.94
Centre-east 327/1,334 24.5 0.84 0.75–0.95 24/62 38.7 0.84 0.54–1.31 12/24 50.0 1.43 0.82–2.48
West 401/1,453 27.6 0.97 0.87–1.09 12/24 50.0 1.14 0.68–1.89 13/28 46.4 1.37 0.80–2.33
North 213/766 27.8 1.05 0.92–1.21 3/36 8.3 0.07 0.01–0.51 2/8 25.0 0.83 0.24–2.90
Paris basin 471/1,730 27.2 Ref NA 23/56 41.1 Ref NA 18/51 35.3 Ref NA
Mediterranean 339/1,007 33.7 1.16 1.03–1.30 30/86 34.9 0.79 0.52–1.20 7/14 50.0 1.31 0.66–2.61
South-west 343/968 35.4 1.21 1.08–1.36 24/46 52.2 1.14 0.76–1.71 12/24 50.0 1.42 0.81–2.48
Paris 706/1,940 36.4 1.19 1.08–1.31 96/238 40.3 0.96 0.69–1.34 88/238 37.0 1.01 0.67–1.50
Overseas departmentsa 191/440 43.4 1.59 1.39–1.82 NA NA NA NA 97/128 75.8 2.11 1.433.12

aPR: adjusted prevalence ratio ; CI: confidence interval; Ref: reference category used in the analysis; ZEAT: zones d’étude et d’aménagement du territoire (study and regional planning zone, equivalent to Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics level 1 (NUTS 1)).

Values in bold represent a significant difference p < 0.05.

Only variables which were statistically significant on MVA for any of the strata are shown.

a Guadeloupe, French Guyana, La Réunion, Martinique and Mayotte combined.