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* | ||||||
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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.