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Table 1 Age-specific Prevalence of Anti-HEV IgG and Anti-HEV IgM Among Pig Handlers.

From: Unexpected elevated alanine aminotransferase, asparte aminotransferase levels and hepatitis E virus infection among persons who work with pigs in accra, ghana

  

IgG

 

IgM

 

Age (yrs)

N

Positive

Negative

p-value

Positive

Negative

p-value

  

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

≤20

41

6 (14.63)

35 (85.37)

0.001

7 (17.07)

34 (82.93)

< 0.001

21-25

55

12 (21.82)

43 (78.18)

< 0.001

7 (12.73)

48 (87.27)

< 0.001

26-30

82

16 (19.51)

66 (80.49)

< 0.001

15 (18.29)

67 (81.71)

< 0.001

31-35

56

12 (21.43)

44 (78.57)

< 0.001

5 (8.93)

51 (91.07)

< 0.001

36-40

38

4 (10.53)

34 (89.47)

< 0.001

9 (23.68)

29 (76.32)

0.002

41-45

37

8 (21.62)

29 (78.38)

0.001

6 (16.22)

31 (83.78)

< 0.001

46-50

13

3 (23.08)

10 (76.92)

0.092

1 (7.69)

12 (92.31)

0.003

51-55

14

5 (35.71)

9 (64.29)

0.429

0 (0)

14 (100)

< 0.001*

56-60

6

0 (0)

6 (100)

0.031*

2 (33.33)

4 (66.67)

0.688

> 60

11

2 (18.18)

9 (81.82)

0.065

3 (27.27)

8 (72.73)

0.277

  1. *Binomial test used instead of Chi-square test; N values indicate number of responses obtained in each category