[Table/Fig-2]:
Age and sex distribution of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) cases. The data was statistically analysed using Chi-square test and the p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant
| Age group (years) | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Total | Positive (%) | negative (%) | |
| 0-15 | 92 | 40 (43.5) | 52 (56.5) | 71 | 29 (40.8) | 42 (75) |
| 16-30 | 47 | 7 (14.9) | 40 (85.1) | 52 | 10 (19.2) | 42 (82.9) |
| 31-45 | 52 | 8 (15.4) | 44 (84.6) | 40 | 8 (20) | 32 (86.9) |
| 46-60 | 29 | 5 (17.2) | 24 (82.8) | 25 | 5 (20) | 20 (90) |
| >60 | 14 | 2 (14.3) | 12 (85.7) | 10 | 1 (10) | 9 (100) |
| Total | 234 | 62 (26.5) | 172 (73.5) | 198 | 53 (26.8) | 145 (73.2) |
| Chi-square (X2) = 22.52 Degree of Freedom (DOF) = 4 p value < 0.05 | Chi-square (X2) = 11.64 Degree of Freedom (DOF) = 4 p value < 0.05 | |||||