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Table 1 Demographic variables related to the presence of anti-OPV neutralizing antibodies

From: Seroprevalence of Orthopoxvirus in rural Brazil: insights into anti-OPV immunity status and its implications for emergent zoonotic OPV

Demographics

N (%)

PRNT positive (%)

PRNT negative (%)

p value

Gender

    

 Male

127 (52.9)

44 (34.6)

83 (65.4)

0.175

 Female

113 (47.1)

30 (26.5)

83 (73.5)

 

Age group (years)

    

 >35

126 (52.5)

67 (53.1)

59 (46.9)

<0.0001

 ≤35

114 (47.5)

7 (6.2)

107 (93.8)

 

Self-reported skin color

    

 Brown

142 (59.2)

44 (31.0)

98 (69.0)

0.656

 Black

62 (25.8)

21 (33.9)

41 (66.1)

 

 White

36 (15.0)

9 (25.0)

27 (75.0)

 

Education levela

    

 Elementary school or less

156 (65.0)

45 (28.9)

111 (71.1)

0.032

 High school or more

60 (25.0)

16 (26.7)

44 (73.3)

 

 Have never gone to school

24 (10.0)

13 (54.1)

11 (45.9)

 

Residence area

    

 Rural

208 (86.7)

63 (30.3)

145 (69.7)

0.641

 Urban

32 (13.3)

11 (34.4)

21 (65.6)

 

Occupation

    

 Rural workers

127 (52.9)

52 (21.0)

75 (59.0)

0.001

 Housewives

59 (24.6)

15 (25.5)

44 (74.5)

 

 Othersb

54 (22.5)

7 (13.0)

47 (87.0)

 

 Incomec

    

 ≤1 min wage

178 (74.2)

57 (32.0)

121 (68.0)

0.178

 >1 min wage

19 (7.9)

9 (47.4)

10 (52.6)

 

 Not stated

43 (17.9)

8 (19.6)

35 (81.4)

 

Total

240 (100.0)

74 (30.8)

166 (69.2)

 
  1. a: Elementary school or less (≤8 years of study), High school or more (>8 years of study); b: this group includes other professions such as Veterinary, Zootechnician, Dentist, Seller and children; c: income value in Brazilian currency in 2012 = R$ 622,00 (R$ 1,00 = US$ 2,08 approximately)