Toxoplasma gondii infection and abdominal hernia: evidence of a new association

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of subjects with abdominal hernia repair and seroprevalence of T. gondii infection.

			Prevalence of *T. gondii* infection		P value
Characteristic	No. ^a	%	No.	%
Age groups (years)
30 or less	7	13	0	0	0.06
31-50	11	20.4	0	0
> 50	36	66.7	9	100
Sex
Male	32	58.2	3	9.4	0.14
Female	23	41.8	6	26.1
Birth place
Durango State	45	83.3	5	11.1	0.03
Other Mexican State	9	16.7	4	44.4
Residence place
Durango State	55	100	9	16.4	-
Residence area
Urban	48	88.9	9	18.8	0.50
Suburban	2	3.7	0	0.0
Rural	4	7.4	0	0.0
Educational level
No education	1	1.9	0	0.0	0.67
1-6 years	19	35.2	4	21.1
7-12 years	14	25.9	1	7.1
> 12 years	20	37.0	4	20.0
Socio-economic level
Low	15	28.3	0	0.0	0.04
Medium	38	71.7	9	23.7
Occupation
Non-laborer^b	15	27.3	2	13.3	1.00
Laborer^c	40	72.7	7	17.5

^aIn some strata the sum does not add up to the total because of a few missing values.
^bNon laborer = none occupation, student or housewife.
^cLaborer = Employee, professional, business, agriculture, cattle rising, factory worker, construction worker or other.

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