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. 2014 Nov 11;5(4):13–20. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2014.5.1.002

Table 4. Reported clinical symptoms among study participants by age group and sex, Mongolia, 2010 to 2012 (n = 2856).

Symptoms n Age group Sex p value*
0–9 10–14 15–19 20–44 45 and above p value* Male Female
% % % % % % %
Fever 135 0.7 1.6 0.7 52.6 44.4 0.009 3.8 5.4 0.053
Headache 1268 0.3 0.7 2.0 57.9 39.1 < 0.001 34.3 51.8 < 0.001
Joint pain 1287 0.4 0.5 1.5 50.7 46.9 < 0.001 38.7 49.5 < 0.001
Back pain 1351 0.1 0.4 1.4 57.6 40.5 < 0.001 43.6 49.8 0.001
Muscle pain 590 0.5 1.0 1.0 46.4 51.1 < 0.001 14.9 24.7 < 0.001
Weakness 964 0.3 0.3 0.4 50.7 48.3 < 0.001 26.9 38.6 < 0.001
Night sweats 336 0.9 0.6 0.6 45.8 52.1 < 0.001 11.4 12.0 0.812
Sleeping disturbance 530 0.2 0.4 42.3 57.1 < 0.001 14.5 21.4 < 0.001
Weight loss 233 1.3 1.3 1.3 40.7 55.4 < 0.001 7.2 8.8 0.115
Miscarriage 31 90.3 9.7 0.015 100.0 < 0.001
Testicular pain 10 50.0 50.0 0.749 100.0 < 0.001

* Either derived from the χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test.