Table 2.

Participant demographics from the study of TT and matched controls collected between May 2006 and February 2009 in The Gambia. Age (generalised linear model) and gender (Fisher’s exact test) were compared between healthy controls and scarred cases, associated P-values are indicated

	Healthy controls	Scarred cases	P-value
Number	58	58	na
Age in years (95% CI)	55.50 (30.43–73.73)	60.00 (34.00–77.88)	0.199
Female (n [%])	40 (68.97)	39 (67.24)	0.842

Abbreviation: na not applicable, CI Confidence intervals, n number