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Table 1 Number of participants with elevated pathogen specific antibody indices (AIs)

From: Antibody indices of infectious pathogens from serum and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

 

Elevated AIs in SSD patients (number of measurable AIs)

Elevated AIs in IIH controls (number of measurable AIs)

Statistics

EBV

4 (n = 84)

1 (n = 37)

Chi2 = 0.275, p = 0.600

CMV

8 (n = 31)

1 (n = 15)

Chi2 = 1.343, p = 0.246

HSV

5 (n = 59)

5 (n = 26)

Chi2 = 2.011, p = 0.156

T. gondii

0 (n = 17)

3 (n = 16)

Chi2 = 3.506, p = 0.061

Number of elevated AIs

Chi2 = 2.942, p = 0.451

 0

85 (85%)

32 (82%)

 1

13 (13%)

5 (13%)

 2

2 (2%)

1 (3%)

 3

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

  1. AI antibody index, SSD schizophrenia spectrum disorder, IIH idiopathic intracranial hypertension, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, CMV human cytomegalovirus, HSV herpes simplex virus, T. gondii Toxoplasma gondii