Year
|
Positive anti-HEV IgM/Total (%)
|
Chi square test, P-value
|
---|
Age (years old) < 15
|
15–40
|
40–65
|
> 65
|
---|
2015
|
1/10 (10.00)
|
13/48 (27.08)
|
18/81 (22.22)
|
6/26 (23.08)
|
1.433, p = 0.698
|
2016
|
1/33 (3.03)
|
9/65 (13.85)
|
13/99 (13.13)
|
4/33 (12.12)
|
2.884, p = 0.410
|
2017
|
0/40 (0.00)
|
10/85 (11.76)
|
20/157 (12.74)
|
4/49 (8.16)
|
–
|
2018
|
2/30 (6.67)
|
7/81 (8.64)
|
12/159 (7.55)
|
7/85 (8.24)
|
0.165, p = 0.983
|
Total
|
4/113 (3.54)
|
39/279 (13.98)
|
63/496 (12.70)
|
21/193 (10.88)
|
9.257, p = 0.026*
|
- Numbers of positive anti-HEV IgM serum samples/total samples in patients with different age groups were demonstrated in percentages per year (2015–2018). Chi-square test was used to analyze the association between age group and anti-HEV IgM seropositivity. A P-value less than 0.05 is considered statistical significance