Table 1.
Characteristics of the population under study
| SUBJECTS a | MEAN AGE IN YEARS (range) |
MALE (%) | FEMALE (%) | ORIGIN (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD (n = 22) | 31.5 (18-54) | 14 (63.6) | 8 (36.4) | 15 Bolivia (70); 7 Ecuador (30) |
| IND (n = 15) | 33.5 (22-56) | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.67) | 13 Bolivia (86.6); 1 Brasil (6.7); 1 Paraguay (6.7) |
|
CCC (n = 16) |
44.1 (27-68) | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.7) | 14 Bolivia (87.5); 1 Brasil (6.3); 1 Argentina (6.3) |
| DIG (n = 15) | 39.1 (24-56) | 10 (66.6) | 5 (33.4) | 14 Bolivia (93.3); 1 Argentina (6,7) |
a HD: Healthy donors. IND: Chronic chagasic patients at indeterminate clinical form of the disease. CCC: Chronic cardiac chagasic patients. DIG: Chronic chagasic patients with abnormalities in the gastrointestinal track