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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of liver disease characteristics in patients and seropositivity to T. gondii infection.

From: Toxoplasma gondii infection and liver disease: a case-control study in a Northern Mexican population

 

No. of subjects tested

Prevalence of T. gondii infection

P value

Anti-T. gondii IgG levels >150 IU/ml

Characteristic

 

No.

%

 

No.

%

Diagnosis

      

   Acute hepatitis

1

0

0.0

 

-

 

   Chronic hepatitis

2

0

0.0

 

-

 

   Cirrhosis

67

9

13.4

0.89

5

55.6

   Steatosis

4

1

25.0

 

1

100

   Amoebic abscess

1

0

0.0

 

-

 

Alcohol related disease

      

   Yes

35

6

17.1

0.28

3

50

   No

40

4

10.0

 

3

75

Duration of disease

      

   Less than 1 year

30

5

16.7

0.35

3

60

   1 to 5 years

34

4

11.8

 

3

75

   More than 5 years

11

1

9.1

 

1

100

Treatment response

      

   Good

50

8

16.0

 

4

50

   Regular

4

1

25.0

 

1

100

   Bad

3

1

33.3

0.44

1

100