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Table 3 Bivariate analysis of selected putative risk factors for infection with T. gondii in psychiatric patients with psychoactive substance use and controls

From: Toxoplasma gondii exposure in patients suffering from mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use

 

Patients

Prevalence of

 

Controls

Prevalence of

 
 

tested

T. gondiiinfection

P

tested

T. gondiiinfection

P

Characteristic

No.

No.

%

value

No.

No.

%

value

Cats at home

        

 Yes

83

11

13.3

0.14

74

9

12.2

0.25

 No

66

4

6.1

 

75

5

6.7

 

Cats in the neighborhood

        

 Yes

99

13

13.1

0.08

119

12

10.1

0.73

 No

50

2

4

 

30

2

6.7

 

Dogs at home

        

 Yes

124

15

12.1

0.07

121

11

9.1

0.72

 No

25

0

0

 

28

3

10.7

 

Birds at home

        

 Yes

72

10

13.9

0.13

50

5

10

1

 No

77

5

6.5

 

99

9

9.1

 

Traveled abroad

        

 Yes

55

3

5.5

0.15

52

5

9.6

1

 No

94

12

12.8

 

97

9

9.3

 

Boar meat consumption

        

 Yes

34

6

17.6

0.1

22

0

0

0.22

 No

115

9

7.8

 

127

14

11

 

Pigeon meat consumption

        

 Yes

30

5

16.7

0.18

23

4

17.4

0.23

 No

119

10

8.4

 

125

10

8

 

Duck meat consumption

        

 Yes

33

7

21.2

0.02

24

5

20.8

0.05

 No

116

8

6.9

 

125

9

7.2

 

Opossum meat consumption

        

 Yes

10

5

50

0.001

2

1

50

0.18

 No

139

10

7.2

 

147

13

8.8

 

Armadillo meat consumption

        

 Yes

10

5

50

0.001

4

1

25

0.32

 No

139

10

7.2

 

145

13

9

 

Iguana meat consumption

        

 Yes

14

3

21.4

0.15

5

1

20

0.39

 No

135

12

8.9

 

144

13

9

 

Degree of meat cooking

        

 Raw or undercooked

11

2

18.2

0.3

20

2

10

1

 Well done

138

13

9.4

 

127

12

9.4

 

Unwashed raw vegetables

        

 Yes

53

2

3.8

0.05

48

4

8.3

1

 No

96

13

13.5

 

101

10

9.9

 

Untreated water

        

 Yes

122

10

8.2

0.15

96

10

10.4

0.77

 No

27

5

18.5

 

53

4

7.5

 

Floor at home

        

 Ceramic or wood

76

5

6.6

0.009

61

5

8.2

0.72

 Concrete

66

7

10.6

 

81

8

9.9

 

 Soil

7

3

42.9

 

6

0

0