From: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in arthritis patients in eastern China
Clinical diagnosis | Patients with anti-T. gondii antibodies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. tested | No. positive | % (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 238 | 59 | 24.8 (19.48 – 30.70) | 2.20 (1.53 – 3.14) | <0.001 |
Reactive arthritis | 122 | 29 | 23.8 (16.05 – 30.84) | 2.09 (1.31 – 3.30) | 0.002 |
Osteoarthritis | 142 | 27 | 19.0 (13.38 – 25.90) | 1.56 (0.98 – 2.49) | 0.060 |
Infectious arthritis | 109 | 20 | 18.4 (10.89 – 26.26) | 1.50 (0.89 – 2.53) | 0.132 |
Gouty arthritis | 209 | 31 | 14.8 (10.05 – 19.71) | 1.16 (0.75 – 1.79) | 0.500 |
Total | 820 | 166 | 20.2 (17.44 – 23.01) | 1.69 (1.30 – 2.21) | <0.001 |