Table 2 Demographic and epidemiological characteristics and predisposing factors of patients solely infected with Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and patients infected with B. burgdorferi s.l. who also had Babesia divergens IgG antibodies

Demography and epidemiology

Gender

 M

81 (67.5%)

47 (64.4%)

34 (72.3%)

χ² = 0.825, df = 1, P = 0.364

 F

39 (32.5%)

26 (35.6%)

13 (27.7%)

Age

 Years (n = 119)

57.19 (43.50–72.24)

58.0 (42.8–73.6)

56.4 (45.5–71.8)

U = 1649.4, Z = -0.231, P = 0.817

Occupation

 Farmer

8(10.0%)

4 (8.5%)

4 (12.1%)

χ² = 4.90, df = 3, P = 0.179

 Cattle breeder

5 (6.3%)

3 (6.4%)

2 (6.1%)

 Open air activity

3 (3.8%)

0 (0%)

3 (9.1%)

 Other

64 (80.0%)

40 (85.1%)

24 (72.7)

Tick bite identified

 Yes

26 (23.2%)

17 (24.6%)

9 (20.9%)

χ² = 0.204, df = 1, P = 0.651

 No

86 (76.8%)

52 (75.4%)

34 (79.1%)

Tick removal

 Yes

20 (17.9%)

12 (17.4%)

8 (18.6%)

χ² = 0.027, df = 1, P = 0.87

 No

92 (82.1%)

57 (82.6%)

35 (81.4%)

Predisposing factors

 Yes

106 (91.4%)

64 (90.4%)

42 (93.3%)

χ² = 0.356, df = 1, P = 0.738

 No

10 (8.6%)

7 (9.6%)

3 (6.7%)

Transfusion

 Yes

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

 No

114 (100%)

69 (100%)

45 (100%)

Asplenia

 Yes

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

 No

114 (100%)

69 (100%)

45 (100%)

Immunosuppression

 Yes

4 (3.5%)

2 (2.9%)

2 (4.4%)

χ² = ,0.206 df = 1, P = 0.644

 No

111 (96.5%)

68 (97.1%)

43 (95.6%)

Age > 50 years

 Yes

73 (63.9.6%)

43 (59.7%)

33 (70.2%)

χ² = 1.356, df = 1, P = 0.244

 No

43 (36.1%)

29 (40.3%)

14 (29.8%)

Outdoor hobbies

 Yes

79 (76.7%)

45 (72.6%)

34 (82.9%)

χ² = 1.478, df = 1, P = 0.224

 No

24 (23.3%)

17 (27.4%)

7 (17.1%)

Non-professional animal contact

 Yes

34 (33.0%)

18 (29.0%)

16 (39.0%)

χ² = 1.114, df = 1, P = 0.291

 No

69 (67.0%)

44 (71.0%)

25 (61.0%)