Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| Characteristics | Locations |
p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xintai, N = 320 | Ningyang, N = 300 | ||
| Age (years), median (range) | 42 (20–80) | 45 (20–80) | 0.565 |
| Female gender | 159 (49.7%) | 145 (48.3%) | 0.738 |
| No formal education | 15 (4.7%) | 35 (11.7%) | <0.001 |
| Admitted to a hospital within the last 6 months | 102 (31.9%) | 45 (15.0%) | <0.001 |
| Was prescribed antibiotics within the last 6 months | 201 (62.7%) | 196 (65.3%) | 0.652 |
| Used antibiotics without a prescription within the last 6 months | 220 (68.8%) | 109 (36.3%) | <0.001 |
aCalculated by x2 test or Mann–Whitney U test as appropriate.