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. 2015 Jul 23;15:12. doi: 10.1186/s12895-015-0031-0

Table 2.

Spreading factors compared between males and females

Variable Sex (mean ± SD) Total p
Female Male
Age 2.1 ± 0.7 19.6 ± 18.3 2.1 ± 0.7 0.76
Number of persons per bed/room 2.1 ± 0.7 1.9 ± 0.8 2.1 ± 0.8 0.51
Number of persons with pruritus in the entourage 2.5 ± 2.0 1.9 ± 1.5 2.1 ± 1.8 0.02*
Duration between onset of symptoms and first consultation (days) 79.0 ± 64.9 76.0 ± 63.2 77.1 ± 63.7 0.72

*p value < 0.05