Table 1.
Distribution of Candida colonisation with respect to age and gender
| Characteristics | with candidiasis (n=61) |
without candidiasis (n=93) |
p-value | Odd's ratio | Confidence Interval |
| Sex | P = 0.042a | 0.37 | 0.14–0.91 | ||
| Male | 6 (9.7) | 21 (20.3) | |||
| Female | 55 (90.2) | 72 (77.4) | |||
| Age (Mean) | 40.4 | 41.2 | |||
| Age range | |||||
| 18–28 | 3 (4.4) | 7 (7.5) | P=0.741 | 0.64 | 0.14–2.40 |
| 29–39 | 30 (49.2) | 35 (37.6) | P=0.156 | 1.60 | 0.79–3.25 |
| 40–50 | 19 (31.2) | 32 (34.4) | P=0.674 | 0.86 | 0.40–1.81 |
| 51–61 | 7 (11.5) | 15 (16.1) | P=0.287 | 0.67 | 0.22–1.91 |
| 62–72 | 2 (3.3) | 4 (4.3) | P=0.748 | 1.000 | 0.07–5.46 |
a
p<0.05 is significant
OR = odd ratio, CI = confidence interval