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 |