Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus among Adults in South-West of Iran

Table 1

Prevalence of anti-HEV IgG antibody according to gender, race, and age groups in adult population of Ahvaz city, Iran.

	Number of all participants (%): 510 (100%)	Number of anti-HEV IgG positive subjects (%): 235 (46.1%)	Number of anti-HEV IgG negative subjects (%): 275 (53.9%)	value
Gender				0.106
Male	206 (40.4%)	86 (41.7%)	120 (58.3%)
Female	304 (59.6%)	149 (49%)	155 (51%)
Race				0.168
Arab	274 (53.7%)	134 (48.9%)	140 (51.1%)
Farsi	236 (46.3%)	101 (42.8%)	135 (57.2%)
Age groups (years)				<0.001
18–30	70 (13.7%)	10 (14.3%)	60 (85.7%)
31–40	135 (26.5%)	25 (18.5%)	110 (81.5%)
41–50	135 (26.5%)	55 (40.7%)	80 (59.3)
51–60	80 (15.7%)	70 (87.5%)	10 (12.5%)
60–71	55 (10.8%)	50 (90.9%)	5 (9.1%)
>71	35 (6.9%)	25 (71.4%)	10 (28.6%)