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 2
Prevalence of underlying diseases in the total included subjects and those with toxocariasis.
Underlying diseases
Frequency (percent %)
Positive for anti-Toxocaraantibodies (percent %)
value
Learning disabilities
32 (3.0)
6 (18.8)
0.008
Psychiatric disorders
74 (7.0)
6 (8.1)
0.432
Amnesia
101 (9.5)
9 (8.9)
0.173
Rheumatic disease
51 (4.8)
5 (9.8)
0.209
Chronic lung disease
33 (3.1)
4 (12.1)
0.116
Depression
167 (15.8)
12 (7.2)
0.368
Epilepsy
16 (1.5)
1 (6.3)
0.615
Chronic headache
135 (12.7)
8 (5.9)
0.845
Cancer
6 (0.6)
0 (0.0)
1.000
Fatty liver
184 (17.4)
12 (6.5)
0.603
Renal disease
15 (1.4)
2 (13.3)
0.212
Cardiac disease
77 (7.3)
3 (3.9)
0.616
Hypertension
198 (18.7)
10 (5.1)
0.737
Diabetes
168 (15.8)
11 (6.5)
0.591
value <0.05 was considered significant. Comparison was conducted between subjects with positive and negative anti-Toxocara antibodies. Bold values represent p < 0.05, which was considered statistically significant.
