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Table 2 HEV prevalence among various groups

From: HEV prevalence and potential risk factors in a large multi-ethnic youth cohort in China

Ethnic

Total

Anti-HEV IgG positive (rate %)

P value

Anti-HEV IgM positive (rate %)

P-value

Overall

6269

300 (4.8)

 

11(0.18)

 

Sex

  

0.028*

 

0.37

 Female

3589

189 (5.3)

 

8 (0.20)

 

 Male

2680

111 (4.1)

 

3 (0.11)

 

Ethnic

  

0.0001*

  

 Bai

60

6 (10.00)

 

0

 

 Bouyei

74

6 (8.1)

 

0

 

 Dong

74

13 (17.6)

 

0

 

 Dongxiang

124

2 (1.6)

   

 Gelao

41

4 (9.8)

 

0

 

 Han

2292

92 (4.0)

 

3 (0.13)

 

 Hui

846

16 (1.9)

 

2 (0.24)

 

 Kazakh

40

0 (0.00)

 

0

 

 Li

69

3 (4.3)

 

1 (1.45)

 

 Man

118

2 (1.7)

 

0

 

 Miao

278

34 (12.2)

 

2 (0.72)

 

 Mongol

245

4 (1.6)

 

0

 

 Monguor

54

4 (7.4)

 

0

 

 She

26

1 (3.8)

 

0

 

 Others

161

13 (8.1)

 

0

 

 Tibetan

555

31 (5.6)

 

0

 

 Tujia

353

15 (4.2)

 

1 (0.28)

 

 Uighur

280

9 (3.2)

 

0

 

 Yao

56

5 (8.9)

 

1 (0.35)

 

 Yi

154

17 (11.0)

 

1 (0.65)

 

 Zhuang

369

23 (6.2)

 

0

 

Age

  

0.645

 

0.29

 ≤18 years

3069

145 (4.7)

 

4 (0.13)

 

 19 and 20 years

2859

135 (4.7)

 

5 (0.17)

 

 ≥21years

341

20 (5.9)

 

2 (0.59)

 

Area

  

0.215

 

0.25

 Rural

1502

82 (5.5)

 

4 (0.27)

 

 Urban

4678

216 (4.6)

 

7 (0.15)

 
  1. Bold values indicated statistically significant
  2. Data were presented as n (%)
  3. *The results from the Chi Square Test