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. 2013 Dec 9;8(12):e81918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081918

Table 1. Lymph node regions of TBLN patients (n= 226), by sex, age, residence and clinical feature northern Ethiopia.

Infected sites
Variables Cervical N (%) Axilla N (%) Inguinal N (%) Other N (%) Total N (%)
Sex
Male 71(31.4) 16(7.1) 5(2.2) 4(1.8) 96(42.5)
Female 100(44.3) 17(7.5) 10(4.4) 3(1.3) 130(57.5)
Age group in years
0-14 20(8.9) 4(1.8) 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 26(11.5)
15-24 48(21.2) 10(4.4) 5(2.2) 1(0.4) 64(28.2)
25-34 62(27.4) 14(6.2) 4(1.8) 0(0) 80(35.4)
35-44 21(9.4) 1(0.4) 3(1.3) 2(0.9) 27(12.0)
45-54 11(4.9) 1(0.4) 0(0) 2(0.9) 14(6.2)
55-64 7(3.2) 2(0.9) 1(0.4) 0(0) 10(4.4)
>64 2(0.9) 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 5(2.2)
Patients residence
Urban 52(23.0) 8(3.5) 4(1.8) 2(0.9) 66(29.2)
Rural 119(52.7) 24(10.6) 12(5.3) 5(2.2) 160(70.8)
Clinical features
Matted 129(57.0) 26(11.5) 12(5.3) 6(2.7) 173(76.5)
Discrete 41(18.1) 6(2.7) 2(0.9) 1(0.4) 50(22.1)
Other 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 0(0) 3(1.3)

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