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Table 2 Results of serological diagnosis among the study participants

From: Prevalence and risk factors profile of seropositive Toxoplasmosis gondii infection among apparently immunocompetent Sudanese women

 

Immunoglobulins

Total

P value

IgG

IgM

IgG and IgM

Negative

Age groups (years)

 15–20

3 (11.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

23 (88.5%)

26 (26%)

0.063

 21–30

10 (22.2%)

3 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

32 (71.1%)

45 (45%)

 31–40

6 (30.0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0.0%)

13 (65.0%)

20 (20%)

 41–50

3 (33.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (11.1%)

5 (55.6%)

9 (9%)

Marital status

 Married

18 (22.8%)

3 (3.8%)

1 (1.3%)

57 (72.1%)

79 (97.0%)

0.997

 Single

3 (20.0%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

11 (73.3%)

15 (15.0%)

 Divorced

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (100%)

2 (2.0%)

 Widow

1 (25.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (75.0%)

4 (4.0%)

Frequency of abortion

 1 time

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (12.5%)

6 (87.5%)

8 (8.0%)

0.009

 2 times

4 (57.1%)

1 (14.3%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (28.6%)

7 (7.0%)

 3 times

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (100%)

1 (1.0%)

 No history of abortion

18 (21.4%)

3 (3.6%)

0 (0.0%)

61 (72.6%)

84 (84.0%)