Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Long-term protection from naturally acquired immunity against hepatitis E virus reinfection

 

Total

Seropositive group

Seronegative group

P-value

Precise infection analysis (PI-A) set, n

6369

2904

3465

-

    Sex

   

<0.0001

     Male, n (%)

2567 (40.3%)

1398 (48.1%)

1169 (33.7%)

     Female, n (%)

3802 (59.7%)

1506 (51.9%)

2296 (66.3%)

     Male-to-female ratio

0.68

0.93

0.51

 Age, mean (SD)

45.2 (10.8)

46.7 (10.1)

43.9 (11.3)

<0.0001

Overall infection analysis (OI-A) set, n

6743

3076

3667

-

    Sex

   

<0.0001

     Male, n (%)

2767 (41.0%)

1500 (48.8%)

1267 (34.6%)

     Female, n (%)

3976 (59.0%)

1576 (51.2%)

2400 (65.4%)

     Male-to-female ratio

0.70

0.95

0.53

 Age, mean (SD)

44.9 (11.0)

46.5 (10.3)

43.5 (11.4)

<0.0001

Disease endpoint analysis (DE-A) set, n

7032

3194

3838

-

    Sex

   

<0.0001

     Male, n (%)

2938 (41.8%)

1579 (49.4%)

1359 (35.4%)

     Female, n (%)

4094 (58.2%)

1615 (50.6%)

2479 (64.6%)

     Male-to-female ratio

0.72

0.98

0.55

 Age, mean (SD)

44.4 (11.3)

46.2 (10.5)

42.9 (11.8)

<0.0001

  1. The P-values were calculated using the χ2 test for sex and the t-test for age, and all reported P-values were two-sided and <0.0001.
  2. n the number of the participants, SD standard deviation.