Table 3.
Medication for Chinese patients with echinococcosis treated with albendazole in the 10 endemic counties in 2019, stratified by the duration of albendazole therapy
| Duration of albendazole therapy (year) | Total (N) | Medication (N, %) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rm = 0 | 0 < Rm < 0.3 | 0.3 ≤ Rm < 0.5 | 0.5 ≤ Rm < 0.8 | Rm ≥ 0.8 | ||
| < 1 | 21 | 1 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.7) | 19 (90.5) |
| 1 | 48 | 3 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (6.3) | 42 (87.5) |
| 3 | 45 | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.2) | 9 (20.0) | 34 (75.6) |
| 5 | 193 | 6 (3.1) | 20 (10.3) | 56 (29.0) | 85 (44.0) | 26 (13.5) |
| 7 | 261 | 31 (11.9) | 54 (20.7) | 73 (28.0) | 91 (34.9) | 12 (4.6) |
| ≥ 10 | 14 | 4 (28.6) | 6 (42.9) | 4 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Total | 582 | 46 (7.9) | 80 (13.8) | 134 (23.0) | 189 (32.5) | 133 (22.9) |
| χ2 | 339.94 | |||||
| P-value | P < 0.05 | |||||