Table 1 Univariate comparison of the basic characteristics of the study participants
Characteristic | N | Microscopy test, n (%) | Schistosoma ICT IgG–IgM test, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schistosomiasis, n = 44 (10.0%) | No schistosomiasis, n = 396 (90.0%) | p value | Schistosomiasis, n = 314 (71.4%) | No schistosomiasis, n = 126 (28.6%) | p value | ||
Age (years), m(IQR) | 440 | 31 (21, 42) | 30 (22, 40) | 0.516 | 31 (22, 41) | 28 (21, 40) | 0.204a |
Gender | 0.923 | 0.955b | |||||
Male | 193 | 19 (43.2) | 174 (43.9) | 138 (44.0) | 55 (43.7) | ||
Female | 247 | 25 (56.8) | 222 (56.8) | 176 (56.0) | 71 (56.3) | ||
Marital status | 0.564 | 0.852b | |||||
Yes | 324 | 34 (77.3) | 290 (73.2) | 232 (73.9) | 92 (73.0) | ||
No | 116 | 10 (22.7) | 106 (26.8) | 82 (26.1) | 34 (27.0) | ||
Education level | 0.206 | 0.916b | |||||
No education | 108 | 15 (34.1) | 93 (23.5) | 79 (25.2) | 29 (23.0) | ||
Primary | 192 | 20 (45.4) | 172 (43.4) | 134 (42.7) | 58 (46.0) | ||
Secondary | 124 | 7 (15.9) | 117 (29.6) | 89 (28.3) | 35 (27.8) | ||
Tertiary | 16 | 2 (4.6) | 14 (3.5) | 12 (3.8) | 4 (3.2) | ||
Working | 0.603 | 0.252b | |||||
Yes | 334 | 32 (72.7) | 302 (76.3) | 243 (77.4) | 91 (72.2) | ||
No | 106 | 12 (27.3) | 94 (23.7) | 71 (22.6) | 35 (27.8) | ||
Source of water | 0.481 | 0.897b | |||||
River | 29 | 4 (9.1) | 25 (6.3) | 21 (6.7) | 8 (6.3) | ||
Underground | 411 | 40 (90.9) | 371 (93.7) | 293 (93.3) | 118 (93.7) | ||
Fisherman/woman | 0.281 | 0.123b | |||||
Yes | 26 | 1 (2.3) | 25 (6.3) | 22 (7.0) | 4 (3.7) | ||
No | 414 | 43 (97.7) | 371 (93.7) | 292 (93.0) | 122 (96.8) | ||
Knowledge about schistosomiasis | 0.374 | 0.401b | |||||
Yes | 433 | 44 (100) | 389 (98.2) | 310 (98.7) | 123 (97.6) | ||
No | 7 | 0 | 7 (1.8) | 4 (1.3) | 3 (2.4) | ||