Table 2 Prevalence of CL infection among cases examined, in relation to age and sex groups
From: Parasitological and biochemical studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis in Shara’b District, Taiz, Yemen
Age group | Gender | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | P value | Odds ratio | (95% CI) | Overall infection P value | |||||
No examined | No +ve | % +ve | No examined | No +ve | % +ve | |||||
1–15 | 88 | 20 | 22.7 | 114 | 21 | 18.4 | 0.013* | 0.458 | 0.943–0.933 | 0.024* |
16–30 | 90 | 16 | 17.8 | 86 | 16 | 18.6 | 0.373n | |||
31–45 | 43 | 8 | 18.6 | 65 | 11 | 16.9 | 0.410n | |||
46–60 | 22 | 3 | 13.6 | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 0.002* | |||
Total | 243 | 47 | 19.3 | 282 | 52 | 18.4 | 0.555n | |||