Table 1 Demographic characteristics and presenting symptoms of study participants, stratified by gender
Overall | Female number (%) | Male number (%) | p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender [n (%)] | 97 | 45 (46.4) | 52 (53.6) | 0.54 |
Age in years [Mean (SD)] | 46.6 (15.9) | 49.1 (16.7) | 44.4 (14.9) | 0.15 |
Area of residence [n (%)] | 0.22 | |||
Low cost | 49 (50.5) | 22 (48.9) | 27 (51.9) | |
Medium cost | 27 (27.8) | 10 (22.2) | 17 (32.7) | |
High cost | 21 (21.7) | 13 (28.9) | 8 (15.4) | |
Occupation status | 0.01 | |||
Unemployed | 52 (53.6) | 31 (68.9) | 21 (40.4) | |
Employed | 45 (46.4) | 14 (31.1) | 31 (59.6) | |
Presenting symptoms | ||||
Abdominal pain | 0.88 | |||
Yes | 59 (60.8) | 27 (60.0) | 32 (61.5) | |
No | 23 (39.2) | 18 (40.0) | 20 (38.5) | |
Blood in stool | 0.50 | |||
Yes | 38 (39.2) | 16 (35.6) | 22 (42.3) | |
No | 59 (60.8) | 29 (64.4) | 30 (57.7) | |
Diarrhoea | 0.80 | |||
Yes | 23 (23.7) | 10 (22.2) | 13 (25.0) | |
No | 74 (76.3) | 35 (77.8) | 39 (75.0) | |
Vomiting | 0.39 | |||
Yes | 16 (16.5) | 9 (20.0) | 7 (13.5) | |
No | 81 (83.5) | 36 (80.0) | 45 (86.5) | |
Weight loss | 0.08 | |||
Yes | 18 (18.6) | 5 (11.1) | 13 (25.0) | |
No | 79 (81.4) | 40 (88.9) | 39 (75.0) | |
Fever | 0.72 | |||
Yes | 8 (8.2) | 3 (6.7) | 5 (9.6) | |
No | 87 (91.8) | 42 (93.3) | 47 (90.4) | |
HIV | 0.95 | |||
Yes | 17 (19.3) | 8 (19.1) | 9 (19.6) | |
No | 71 (80.7) | 34 (80.9) | 37 (80.4) | |
Anaemia | 0.98 | |||
Yes | 44 (51.2) | 20 (51.3) | 24 (51.1) | |
No | 42 (48.8) | 19 (48.7) | 23 (48.9) | |