Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the patients with American visceral leishmaniasis in Chiapas State, Mexico^*

Characteristic	No. (%)	OR (95% CI)	P
Age, years
≤ 5	75 (85.2)	33.28 (13.5–84.5)	< 0.0001
> 5	13 (14.8)
Sex
M	53 (59.6)	2.17 (1.1–4.1)	0.01
F	36 (40.4)
Detection period
1999–2006	57 (64.0)	3.17 (1.7–6.1)	0.0002
1990–1998
Sanitary jurisdiction
Tuxtla	69 (77.5)	11.9 (5.6–25.8)	<0.0001
Others	20 (22.5)

^*OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.