Table 4.
The demographics and the prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in the cat owners of Tehran, Iran.
| Factors | Samples % (N) |
Blastocystis sp. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| % (N) | p | ||
| Age | |||
| 20–29 | 27.3% (9) | 11.1% (1) | 0.051 |
| 30–39 | 33.3% (11) | 45.5% (5) | |
| 40–49 | 18.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) | |
| > 50 | 21.2% (7) | 57.1% (4) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 57.6% (19) | 36.9% (7) | 0.341 |
| Female | 42.4% (14) | 21.4% (3) | |
| Urban region | |||
| North | 21.2% (7) | 14.3% (1) | 0.354 |
| Center | 24.2% (8) | 37.5% (3) | |
| South | 3.0% (1) | 100.0% (1) | |
| West | 39.4% (13) | 23.1% (3) | |
| East | 12.1% (4) | 50.0% (2) | |
| Total | 100.0% (33) | 30.3% (10) | |