Figure 3个  Table 4
    • Characteristic Group 1 (Urumqi) Group 2 (Kashgar)
      n (%) n (%)
      Total Number 700 594
      Ethnicity
      Han 373 (53.3) 282 (47.5)
      Uygur 327 (46.7) 312 (52.5)
      Gender
      Male 364 (52.0) 244 (41.1)
      Female 336 (48.0) 350 (58.9)
      Median Age (years) 43 48
      Education
      Elementary or below 273 (39.0) 330 (55.6)
      Junior high or beyond 427 (61.0) 264 (44.4)
      Population
      stationary population 437 (62.4) 507 (85.4)
      immigrated population 263 (37.6) 87 (14.6)

      Table 1.  Characteristics of the study population

    • Characteristic Cases (n) Urumqi χ2 P Cases (n) Kashgar χ2 P
      KSHV + (%) KSHV - (%) KSHV + (%) KSHV - (%)
      Ethnicity
       Han 373 116 (31.1) 257 (68.9) 6.542 0.011 282 60 (21.3) 222 (78.7) 91.132 0.000
       Uygur 327 132 (40.4) 195 (59.6) 312 187 (59.9) 125 (40.1)
      Gender
       Male 364 136 (37.4) 228 (62.6) 1.240 0.265 244 105 (43.0) 139 (57.0) 0.359 0.549
       Female 336 112 (33.3) 224 (66.7) 350 142 (40.6) 208 (59.4)
      Age
       < 50 397 123 (31.0) 274 (69.0) 7.926 0.005 286 107 (37.4) 179 (62.6) 3.948 0.047
       ≥ 50 303 125 (41.3) 178 (58.7) 308 140 (45.5) 168 (54.5)
      Education
       Elementary or below 273 109 (39.9) 164 (60.1) 3.958 0.047 330 155 (47.0) 175 (53.0) 8.871 0.003
       Junior high or beyond 427 139 (32.6) 288 (67.4) 264 92 (34.8) 172 (65.2)
      Population
       Stationary population 437 168 (38.4) 269 (61.6) 4.623 0.032 507 225 (44.4) 282 (55.6) 11.142 0.001
       Immigrated population 263 80 (30.4) 183 (69.6) 87 22 (25.3) 65 (74.7)

      Table 2.  The associations of KSHV seroprevalence with population characteristics stratified by geographic region from Xinjiang, China

    • Characteristic Cases (n) KSHV + (%) KSHV - (%) χ2 P
      Ethnicity
       Han 373 65 (17.4) 308 (82.6) 9.178 0.002
       Uygur 327 88 (26.9) 239 (73.1)
      Gender
       Male 364 72 (19.8) 292 (80.2) 1.915 0.166
       Female 336 81 (24.1) 255 (75.9)
      Age
       < 50 397 75 (18.9) 322 (81.1) 4.722 0.030
       ≥ 50 303 78 (25.7) 225 (74.3)
      Education
       Elementary or below 354 88 (24.9) 266 (75.1) 3.778 0.052
       Junior high or beyond 346 65 (18.8) 281 (81.2)
      Population
       Stationary population 437 108 (24.7) 329 (75.3) 5.558 0.018
       Immigrated population 263 45 (17.1) 218 (82.9)

      Table 3.  The associations of KSHV DNA positive rate with population characteristics in Urumqi region of Xinjiang.

    • Table S1.  Primer sequences