Seroprevalence of Toxocariasis and Its Associated Risk Factors among Adult Population in Kavar District, Fars Province, South of Iran: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Seroepidemiological Survey
Table 1
Demographic features of the total included subjects and those with toxocariasis.
Characteristics
Frequency (percent %)
Positive for anti-Toxocaraantibodies (percent %)
value
Age (years)
35–45
344 (32.5)
24 (7.0)
0.470
46–55
464 (43.8)
23 (5.0)
56
252 (23.8)
14 (5.6)
Sex
Male
532 (50.2)
22 (4.1)
0.023
Female
528 (49.8)
39 (7.4)
Job
Housewife
486 (45.8)
39 (8.0)
0.003
Retired
170 (16.0)
11 (6.5)
0.662
Driver
94 (8.9)
2 (2.1)
0.160
Employee
69 (6.5)
3 (4.3)
0.792
Freelance occupation
95 (9.0)
5 (5.3)
0.829
Labor
63 (5.9)
0 (0.0)
0.045
Farmer
72 (6.8)
1 (1.4)
0.117
Stockman
11 (1.0)
0 (0.0)
1.000
Animal contact with cats and dogs (sometimes)
1060 (100)
61 (5.0)
value <0.05 was considered significant. The comparison was conducted between subjects with positive and negative anti-Toxocara antibodies. Bold values represent p < 0.05, which was considered statistically significant.
