Table 3.

Characteristics of the HEV IgM- and IgG-reactive samples within the study population.

Results	Sex	Age group	Contact with pigs	Pork consumption	Most frequent source of drinking water	Hand washing after the toilet	Hand washing before eating	Recreational swimming in rivers or streams	Mean IgG Axiom S/CO	Mean IgG Mikrogen S/CO	IgM Mikrogen S/CO
IgG+	Female	5–8	No	Never	Bottled	Usually	Occasionally	No	9.70	4.51	0.38
IgG+	Male	5–8	No	Occasioally	Boiled	Always	Always	No	9.36	5.35	0.25
IgG+ & IgM+	Female	9–11	No	Occasionally	Filtered	Usually	Occasionally	Yes	14.54	8.55	1.43