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

Table 3. Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence by demographic factors among French women stratified by the different national perinatal surveys, France, 1995-2016.

Demographics National perinatal survey
1995 2003 2010 2016
aPR 95% CI aPR 95% CI aPR 95% CI aPR 95% CI
Age (years)
20–24 0.79 0.74–0.83 0.68 0.63–0.73 0.58 0.53–0.64 0.48 0.42–0.55
25–29 0.89 0.85–0.92 0.86 0.82–0.90 0.75 0.71–0.80 0.71 0.66–0.77
30–35 Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA
35–39 1.04 0.99–1.10 1.19 1.13–1.25 1.20 1.13–1.28 1.20 1.12–1.29
≥ 40 1.14 1.05–1.24 1.25 1.13–1.37 1.35 1.22–1.49 1.53 1.38–1.69
Educational attainment
Primary or less 1.02 0.92–1.12 0.84 0.70–0.99 1.07 0.81–1.40 0.97 0.66–1.41
Lower second level 0.97 0.94–1.01 0.97 0.92–1.01 1.03 0.97–1.09 1.03 0.95–1.11
Higher second level 0.93 0.89–0.98 0.95 0.90–1.00 0.95 0.89–1.02 0.95 0.88–1.03
Third level Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA
ZEAT
East 0.69 0.63–0.75 0.68 0.61–0.75 0.74 0.66–0.84 0.68 0.58–0.80
West 0.88 0.83–0.94 0.87 0.80–0.94 0.88 0.80–0.97 0.98 0.88–1.10
Centre-east 0.78 0.73–0.84 0.82 0.75–0.89 0.76 0.68–0.84 0.85 0.75–0.96
North 1.03 0.96–1.11 0.98 0.90–1.07 1.03 0.93–1.15 1.05 0.92–1.20
Paris basin Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA
Mediterranean 1.00 0.94–1.06 1.06 0.98–1.14 1.11 1.01–1.21 1.18 1.05–1.32
South-west 1.11 1.04–1.18 1.15 1.07–1.24 1.20 1.10–1.32 1.22 1.09–1.37
Paris 1.18 1.13–1.25 1.23 1.16–1.31 1.21 1.12–1.31 1.23 1.11–1.35
Overseas departmentsa 1.16 1.04–1.29 1.28 1.16–1.41 1.38 1.22–1.55 1.63 1.43–1.86

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.

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