Diagnostic performance of Strongyloides-specific IgG4 detection in urine for diagnosis of human strongyloidiasis

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and parasitic infections determined by fecal examinations (FECT and APC).

Variables	N	%
Demographic data
Age
< 40	11	4.9
< 50	43	19.0
< 60	72	31.9
> 60	100	44.2
Sex
Males	108	47.8
Females	118	52.2
Parasitic infections
Group 1: Proven strongyloidiasis
FECT (n = 93)	46	49.5
APCT (n = 81)	75	80.6
Total	93	41.2
Group 2: Other parasites^a
Opisthorchis viverrini	37	92.5
Taenia spp.	4	10.0
Hookworms	3	7.5
Minute intestinal flukes	1	2.5
Trichuris trichiura	1	2.5
Total	40	17.7
Group 3: Parasite negative	93	41.2
Total	226	–

^aSome participants of this group were infected with more than one parasite species

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