Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infection and Impact of Related Risk Factors in People from Eastern Slovakia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Baseline
2.2. Antibodies Prevalence
2.3. Risk Factors for Antibodies Prevalence
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Population
4.2. Laboratory Examination
4.3. Statistical Analyses
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Roma n (%) | Non-Roma n (%) | p Value |
---|---|---|---|
demographic variables | |||
Age, mean (STD) | 35.1 (0.6) | 32.6 (0.5) | 0.001 |
Male gender | 93 (32.9) | 119 (47) | 0.001 |
socioeconomic variables | |||
Basic education | 228 (82.6) | 3 (1.2) | <0.0001 |
Intermediate education | 48 (17.4) | 150 (61) | |
Higher education | 0 (0) | 93 (37.8) | |
Unemployment | 250 (90.9) | 62 (25.7) | <0.0001 |
Poverty | 134 (47.3) | 20 (7.9) | <0.0001 |
Bricked house | 265 (95.3) | 231 (100) | <0.0001 |
Missing household equipment | 188 (66.4) | 45 (17.8) | <0.0001 |
Number of persons in house, mean (STD) | 7.5 (0.2) | 4.3 (0.3) | <0.0001 |
No preventive medical check-up | 146 (52.5) | 82 (33.7) | <0.0001 |
laboratory variables | |||
AST (ukat/L) | 0.31 ± 0.03 | 0.32 ± 0.01 | 0.673 |
ALT (ukat/L) | 0.24 ± 0.24 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.629 |
Uric Acid (umol/L) | 223.3 ± 4.9 | 253.8 ± 5.6 | <0.0001 |
Albumin (g/L) | 46.6 ± 0.2 | 47.2 ± 0.2 | 0.026 |
Creatinine (umol/L) | 82.1 ± 0.7 | 85.4 ± 0.8 | 0.001 |
CRP (mg/L) | 3.1 ± 0.24 | 1.99 ± 0.18 | <0.0001 |
Roma | Non-Roma | p Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | ||
B. henselae IgG | 21 (22.6) | 46 (24.2) | 20 (16.8) | 39 (29.1) | 0.145 |
B. quintana IgG | 21(22.6) | 59 (31.1) | 14 (11.8) | 39 (29.1) | 0.001 |
Parameter | Anti-B. henselae IgG | p Value | Anti-B. quintana IgG | p Value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive n (%) | Negative n (%) | Positive n (%) | Negative n (%) | |||
Demographic variables | ||||||
Age, mean (STD) | 34.5 ± 7 | 33.8 ± 0.4 | 0.418 | 34.7 ± 0.8 | 33.7 ± 0.4 | 0.200 |
Male gender | 41 (32.5) | 171 (41.7) | 0.076 | 35 (26.3) | 177 (43.9) | <0.0001 |
Socioeconomic variables | ||||||
Basic education | 54 (44.3) | 177 (44.3) | 0.997 | 72 (55.4) | 159 (40.6) | 0.012 |
Intermediate education | 46 (37.7) | 152 (38.0) | 41 (31.5) | 157 (40.1) | ||
Higher education | 22 (18) | 71 (17.8) | 17 (13.1) | 76 (19.4) | ||
Unemployment | 71 (57.7) | 241 (61.3) | 0.526 | 85 (64.9) | 227 (59) | 0.256 |
Poverty | 43 (34.1) | 111 (27.1) | 0.143 | 40 (30.1) | 114 (28.3) | 0.740 |
Bricked house | 115 (98.3) | 381 (97.2) | 0.742 | 125 (98.4) | 371 (97.1) | 0.533 |
Missing household equipment | 58 (46) | 175 (42.7) | 0.538 | 65 (48.9) | 168 (41.7) | 0.159 |
Number of persons in house, mean (STD) | 5.9 ± 0.3 | 6.2 ± 0.25 | 0.517 | 6.42 ± 0.3 | 6.04 ± 0.3 | 0.421 |
No preventive medical check-up | 51 (42.1) | 177 (44.3) | 0.754 | 51 (38.9) | 177 (45.4) | 0.222 |
Laboratory variables | ||||||
AST (ukat/L) | 0.28 ± 0.01 | 0.33 ± 0.02 | 0.153 | 0.27 ± 0.01 | 0.33 ± 0.02 | 0.069 |
ALT (ukat/L) | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.26 ± 0.02 | 0.115 | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.26 ± 0.02 | 0.002 |
Uric Acid (umol/L) | 223.23 ± 7.5 | 242.25 ± 4.3 | 0.028 | 227.01 ± 6.8 | 241.32 ± 4.4 | 0.078 |
Albumin (g/L) | 46.62 ± 0.3 | 46.97 ± 0.1 | 0.254 | 46.62 ± 0.2 | 46.97 ± 0.2 | 0.230 |
Creatinine (umol/L) | 81.05 ± 0.9 | 84.45 ± 0.6 | 0.002 | 81.25 ± 0.8 | 84.45 ± 0.6 | 0.002 |
CRP (mg/L) | 2.42 ± 0.3 | 2.64 ± 0.18 | 0.556 | 2.70 ± 0.37 | 2.55 ± 0.17 | 0.698 |
Parameter | OR for Anti-B. henselae IgG Positivity | p Value | OR for Anti-B. quintana IgG Positivity | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
demographic variables | ||||
Age | 1.009 (0.984–1.033) | 0.712 | 1.009 (0.986–1.034) | 0.442 |
Male gender | 0.671 (0.438–1.027) | 0.066 | 0.476 (0.307–0.736) | 0.001 |
Roma ethnicity | 1.036 (0.691–1.554) | 0.863 | 0.738 (0.492–1.107) | 0.142 |
socioeconomic variables | ||||
Basic education | 0.984 (0.385–2.512) | 0.972 | 3.031 (1.092–8.413) | 0.033 |
Intermediate education | 0.988 (0.537–1.816) | 0.968 | 1.297 (0.674–2.495) | 0.437 |
Higher education | Reference | Reference | ||
Unemployment | 0.743 (0.422–1.307) | 0.302 | 0.845 (0.477–1.496) | 0.563 |
Poverty | 1.53 (0.944–2.481) | 0.084 | 0.922 (0.572–1.485) | 0.738 |
Bricked house | 1.922 (0.413–8.944) | 0.405 | 2.751 (0.592–12.781) | 0.197 |
Missing household equipment | 1.157 (0.727–1.842) | 0.539 | 1.090 (0.690–1.724) | 0.712 |
Number of persons in house | 0.981 (0.927–1.038) | 0.507 | 1.0 (0.951–1.052) | 0.998 |
No preventive medical check-up | 0.907 (0.596–1.381) | 0.651 | 0.680 (0.447–1.034) | 0.072 |
laboratory variables | ||||
AST | 0.377 (0.066–2.150) | 0.272 | 0.276 (0.035–2.193) | 0.223 |
ALT | 0.443 (0.121–1.623) | 0.219 | 0.362 (0.086–1.517) | 0.165 |
Uric Acid | 0.998 (0.995–1.001) | 0.124 | 1 (0.997–1.003) | 0.894 |
Albumin | 0.974 (0.907–1.046) | 0.474 | 0.992 (0.926–1.063) | 0.815 |
Creatinine | 0.971 (0.947–0.996) | 0.021 | 0.993 (0.970–1.017) | 0.566 |
CRP | 0.981 (0.925–1.041) | 0.537 | 1.003 (0.950–1.059) | 0.916 |
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Petríková, K.; Halánová, M.; Babinská, I.; Logoida, M.; Kaliariková, K.; Jarčuška, P.; Dražilová, S.; Sobolová, V.; Janičko, M. Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infection and Impact of Related Risk Factors in People from Eastern Slovakia. Pathogens 2021, 10, 1261. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101261
Petríková K, Halánová M, Babinská I, Logoida M, Kaliariková K, Jarčuška P, Dražilová S, Sobolová V, Janičko M. Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infection and Impact of Related Risk Factors in People from Eastern Slovakia. Pathogens. 2021; 10(10):1261. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101261
Chicago/Turabian StylePetríková, Katarína, Monika Halánová, Ingrid Babinská, Mariia Logoida, Karin Kaliariková, Peter Jarčuška, Sylvia Dražilová, Vladimíra Sobolová, and Martin Janičko. 2021. "Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infection and Impact of Related Risk Factors in People from Eastern Slovakia" Pathogens 10, no. 10: 1261. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101261