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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Fla J Environ Health. 2004 Jan 1;184:29.

Table 1.

Description of All Participants: Beach 1 vs Beach 2

Total Population N (%) Beach 1 N (%) Beach 2 N (%) Statistical Significance*
INITIAL INTERVIEW: 208 (100%) 99(48%) 109 (52%)
Number of Families 63 30 33
Dry Month (vs Wet Month) 75 (31%) 42 (20%) 33 (16%) 0.05
Women 98 (41%) 41 (20%) 57 (27%) 0.08
Mean Age± Standard Deviation 20.5± 16.7 19.9±15.9 21.1±17.4 0.61
Race Ethnic 50 (21%)
 WNH 156 (65%) 19 (9%) 31 (15%) 0.06
 WH 2 (1%) 78 (36%) 78 (36%)
 B 2 (1%) 0
Interview language (English) 150 (62%) 73 (35%) 77 (37%) 0.37
At beach < 7 days prior 0 0 0
Did not get face wet 0 0 0
PHONE FOLLOW UP:
Return to beach 27 (13%) 20 (10%) 7 (3%) 0.003
 Went to Beach 1 17 (63%) 14 (52%) 3 (11%) 0.16
Fever 8 (4%) 2 (1%) 6 (3%) 0.18
Chills 3 (1%) 0 3 (1%) 0.14
Eye Redness 1 (0.5%) 0 1 (0.5%) 0.52
Earache 2 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0.73
Ear Discharge 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0 0.48
Skin Rash 11 (5%) 8 (4%) 3 (1%) 0.08
Infected cuts 0 0 0
Nausea 1 (0.5%) 0 1 (0.5%) 0.52
Vomiting 1 (0.5%) 0 1 (0.5%) 0.52
Diarrhea 6 (3%) 2 (1%) 4 (2%) 0.39
 blood in stool 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0 0.48
Stomach pain 4 (3%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 0.65
Cough 14 (7%) 4 (2%) 10 (5%) 0.12
 With phlegm 3 (1%) 1 (0.5%) 2 (1%) 0.54
Nasal congestion 8 (4%) 2 (1%) 6 (3%) 0.17
Sore Throat 5 (3%) 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 0.46
≥ 1 Symptom 35 (17%) 18 (18%) 17 (15%) 0.62
*

by Chi square or Fishers Exact Test for categorical data or ttest for continuous data