Table 2. Living environment of the scrub typhus cases and controls enrolled in the study.

Living environment	Case (n = 56)		Control (n = 168)		P value
	No.	%	No.	%
Residential location					<0.001
Edge of village	32	57.1	32	19.0
Center of village and town	24	42.9	136	81.0
Housing type					0.138
House	55	98.2	156	92.9
Apartment/others	1	1.8	12	7.1
House yard with cement floor					0.047
Yes	39	69.6	138	82.1
No	17	30.4	30	17.9
Houses near grassland, vegetable field or ditch					<0.001
Yes	29	51.8	27	17.3
No	27	48.2	141	82.7
Piling weeds in the house					0.001
Yes	8	14.3	3	1.8
No	48	85.7	165	98.2
Piling weeds in the yard					<0.001
Yes	34	60.7	16	9.6
No	24	39.3	152	90.4