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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection, Rural Southern People’s Republic of China

Rong-Cheng Li*1, Sheng-Xiang Ge†1, Yan-Ping Li*, Ying-Jie Zheng†2, Yi Nong*, Qing-Shun Guo†, Jun Zhang†, Mun-Hon Ng†, and Ning-Shao Xia†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, People's Republic of China; †Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China

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Table 1

Study participants*

Community 2003
2004
n Age (y)
Sex ratio (M:F)† n Age (y)
Sex ratio (M:F)
Mean SD Range Mean SD Range
Linyun 1,047 24.1 15.4 1–74 0.90 738 22.9 15.4 1–72 0.96
Xin'an 1,037 31.3 17.9 1–87 0.85 533 31.8 18.4 1–87 0.77
Guilin 542 35.3 15.0 0.9–80 1.14 340 37.3 14.1 1–80 1.06
Luochen 981 32.5 19.0 1–85 0.73 455 34.2 19.7 1–79 0.72
Tiendan 377 35.1 16.4 1–70 0.98 166 37.2 16.4 2–70 0.73
Binyan 1,106 28.9 18.2 1–78 0.92 657 28.5 19.1 1–78 0.84
Linshan 1,230 27.4 20.5 0.4–87 0.94 542 26.2 21.6 0.5–80 0.97
Liuzhen† 964 44.6 16.8 0.1–79 0.88
Total 7,284 31.7 18.8 0.1–87 0.89 3,431 29.5 18.8 0.5–87 0.87
M 3,440 30.2 19.4 0.4–85 1,597 27.9 19.3 0.5–80
F 3,844 33.0 18.8 0.1–87 1,834 30.9 18.3 1–87

*Serum samples were taken in 2003 from 7,284 persons residing in 8 communities of Guangxi Province. Second samples were taken 12 mo later from a subpopulation of 3,431 study participants residing in 7 of these communities. *SD, standard deviation;, M = male; F = female.†Dash indicates "not done" in reference to Liuzhen and "not applicable" in reference to sex.

*Serum samples were taken in 2003 from 7,284 persons residing in 8 communities of Guangxi Province. Second samples were taken 12 mo later from a subpopulation of 3,431 study participants residing in 7 of these communities. *SD, standard deviation;, M = male; F = female.†Dash indicates "not done" in reference to Liuzhen and "not applicable" in reference to sex.

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1Dr. Rong-Cheng Li and Dr. Sheng-Xiang Ge contributed equally to this paper.

2Current affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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