Table 1.
Socio-demographic and environmental variables, and azithromycin treatment history of children aged 1–9 years at Gurage zone Cheha district in October 2008, n = 768
|
Variable |
|
Active trachoma (TF) |
Chi square test |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Total n (%) | |||
|
Sex |
Male |
93 (12.1) |
298 (38.8) |
391 (50.9) |
P = 0.502 |
| |
Female |
82 (10.7) |
295 (38.4) |
377 (49.1) |
|
| |
Total |
175 (22.8) |
593 (77.2) |
768 (100) |
|
|
Age |
1 |
3 (0.4) |
16 (2.1) |
19 (2.5) |
P = 0.002 |
| |
2 |
6 (0.8) |
19 (2.50) |
25 (3.3) |
|
| |
3 |
18 (2.35) |
18 (2.35) |
36 (4.7) |
|
| |
4 |
24 (3.1) |
8 (1.0) |
32 (4.1) |
|
| |
5 |
37 (4.85) |
11 (1.45) |
48 (6.3) |
|
| |
6 |
39 (5.1) |
70 (9.1) |
109 (14.2) |
|
| |
7 |
25 (3.2) |
131 (17.1) |
156 (20.3) |
|
| |
8 |
14 (1.8) |
194 (25.2) |
208 (27.0) |
|
| |
9 |
9 (1.2) |
126 (16.4) |
135 (17.6) |
|
| |
Total |
175 (22.8) |
593 (77.2) |
768 (100) |
|
|
Past Azithromycin treatment |
Never |
53 (6.9) |
40 (5.2) |
93 (12.1) |
P = 0.001 |
| |
Once |
57 (7.4) |
29 (3.8) |
86 (11.2) |
|
| |
Two times |
42 (5.5) |
44 (5.7) |
86 (11.2) |
|
| |
Three Times |
23 (3.0) |
480 (62.5) |
503 (65.5) |
|
| Total | 175 (22.8) | 593 (77.2) | 768 (100) | ||