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Table 1
Socio-demographic information of symptomatic and asymptomatic participants (n = 105) in the study.
| Variables | Infection with Blastocystis sp. |
Total (n%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (n%) | Negative (n%) | |||
| Gender | 0.956 | |||
| Male | 38 (53.5%) | 18 (52.9%) | 56 (53.3%) | |
| Female | 33 (46.5%) | 16 (47.1%) | 49 (46.7%) | |
| Age groups (years) | 0.329 | |||
| 2–11 | 4 (5.6%) | 5 (14.7%) | 9 (8.6%) | |
| 12–21 | 5 (7%) | 5 (14.7%) | 10 (9.5%) | |
| 22–31 | 12 (16.9%) | 7 (20.6%) | 19 (18.1%) | |
| 32–41 | 24 (33.8%) | 6 (17.6%) | 30 (28.6%) | |
| 42–51 | 11 (11.5%) | 3 (8.8%) | 14 (13.3%) | |
| 52–61 | 8 (11.3%) | 5 (14.7%) | 13 (12.4%) | |
| 62–71 | 7 (9.9%) | 3 (8.8%) | 10 (9.5%) | |
| Source of consumed water | 0.683 | |||
| Tap water | 69 (97.2%) | 33 (97.1%) | 102 (97.1%) | |
| Mineral water | 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Well water | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (2.9%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
| Restaurant or snack/week | 0.196 | |||
| 0 | 46 (64.8%) | 27 (79.4%) | 73 (69.5%) | |
| 1 | 16 (22.5%) | 6 (17.6%) | 22 (21%) | |
| 2 | 9 (12.7%) | 1 (2.9%) | 10 (9.5%) | |
| Raw vegetables | 0.455 | |||
| Frequently | 41 (57.7%) | 17 (50%) | 58 (55.2%) | |
| Rarely | 30 (42.3%) | 17 (50%) | 47 (44.8%) | |
| Residency area | 0.487 | |||
| Rural | 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Urban | 70 (98.6%) | 34 (100%) | 104 (99%) |
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