THE CONTROL STUDY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND TOXOPLASMA INFECTIONS

THE CONTROL STUDY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

AND TOXOPLASMA INFECTIONS

Li Qiuying, Luo Xiaonian, Li Li, et al

Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Hubei

Medical University, Wuhan 430060, China

Acta Academiae Medicinae Hubei Vol 20 No. 3 P223-225,

1999

 

TABLES:

Comparing experimental and control groups with Toxoplasma

Infections

 

Experimental group

(n=254)

Control group

(n=254)

X2

P

IgG

21

17

4.44

<0.05

IgM

17

17

1.80

>0.05

CAG

3

7

0.35

>0.05

Total Infections number

41

41

4.70

<0.05

 Experimental group cat and dog contact ratio P-test

n Positive Negative
With cat & dog contact 52 17 35
Without cat & dog contact 202 24 178

X2=13.24      P=<0.001

Antibodies comparing report of two types of mental diseases patients

Disease Type Antibodies (+) Antibodies (-)
Schizophrenia 22 130
Affective Disorders 16 42

X2=4.87       

P=<0.01