Table

Table 1

Table 1. Prevalence of HEV RNA according to age, province, stool type and year
Characteristic Overall, N = 1461 HEV RNA p-value2
Negative, N = 1261 Positive, N = 201
Age in Weeks 3.00 (2.00, 7.00) 3.00 (2.00, 7.00) 3.00 (1.75, 4.25) 0.2
Age Group 0.9
1 - 3 86 (59%) 73 (58%) 13 (65%)
12 - 16 7 (4.8%) 6 (4.8%) 1 (5.0%)
4 - 7 39 (27%) 35 (28%) 4 (20%)
8 - 11 14 (9.6%) 12 (9.5%) 2 (10%)
Province 0.2
Free State 3 (2.1%) 3 (2.4%) 0 (0%)
Gauteng 45 (31%) 40 (32%) 5 (25%)
Limpopo 22 (15%) 16 (13%) 6 (30%)
Mpumalanga 13 (8.9%) 13 (10%) 0 (0%)
North West 63 (43%) 54 (43%) 9 (45%)
Stool 0.13
Control Non-Diarrheal 21 (14%) 21 (17%) 0 (0%)
Diarrheal 55 (38%) 45 (36%) 10 (50%)
Non-Diarrheal 44 (30%) 39 (31%) 5 (25%)
Semi-Diarrheal 26 (18%) 21 (17%) 5 (25%)
Year 0.3
1 16 (11%) 15 (12%) 1 (5.0%)
2 21 (14%) 16 (13%) 5 (25%)
3 109 (75%) 95 (75%) 14 (70%)

1 Median (IQR); n (%)

2 Wilcoxon rank sum test; Fisher's exact test

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Provincial

North West

Gauteng

Limpopo