Table 1.
Prevalence of TP antibody in the donors by gender, age, number of donations, and educational level.
Variable | Number of donors | Number of seropositives | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI of prevalence (%) | p value |
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Total | 992646 | 4316 | 0.43 | 0.420–0.446 | |
Gender | |||||
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Men | 595933 | 2683 | 0.44 | 0.431–0.465 | χ 2 = 8.191, p > 0.05 |
Women | 396713 | 1633 | 0.41 | 0.390–0.430 | |
Age | |||||
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18–24 years | 443701 | 637 | 0.14 | 0.132–0.155 | χ 2 = 2207.796, p < 0.001 |
25–34 years | 278209 | 1259 | 0.45 | 0.426–0.475 | |
35–44 years | 175293 | 1549 | 0.88 | 0.833–0.919 | |
45–54 years | 92534 | 859 | 0.93 | 0.859–0.981 | |
55–60 years | 2909 | 12 | 0.41 | 0.179–0.643 | |
Number of donations | |||||
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1 | 657886 | 3760 | 0.57 | 0.550–0.586 | χ 2 = 842.45, p < 0.001 |
≥2 | 334760 | 556 | 0.17 | 0.152–0.180 | |
Education level | |||||
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Postgraduate | 14912 | 17 | 0.11 | 0.060–0.168 | χ 2 = 1964.844, p < 0.001 |
Bachelor | 219580 | 246 | 0.11 | 0.098–0.126 | |
College degree | 214390 | 497 | 0.23 | 0.211–0.252 | |
High school | 153916 | 905 | 0.59 | 0.547–0.623 | |
Junior high school | 139814 | 1305 | 0.93 | 0.875–0.975 | |
Primary education | 9853 | 154 | 1.56 | 1.298–1.780 | |
Not defined | 240181 | 1192 | 0.50 | 0.466–0.522 |