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Table 5 Microfilaria intensity of participants in Imobi, Ijebu East Local Government Area

From: Parasitological and epidemiological studies of Wuchereria bancrofti in Imobi, Ijebu East, Local Government Area of Ogun State, South Western Nigeria

Variable

No examined

No positive (%)

Microfilarial density (mf/ml)

P value

Age group

Ā <ā€‰18

14

4 (28.6)

20.9

Ā 

Ā 18ā€“40

95

26 (27.4)

29

Ā 

Ā >ā€‰40

137

20 (14.6)

22.5

Ā 

Ā Total

246

50 (20.3)

25.7

0.321

Sex

Ā Male

79

17 (21.5)

24.6

Ā 

Ā Female

167

33 (19.8)

26.3

0.709

Ā Mean/average

246

50 (20.3)

25.7

Ā