Table 2.
Knowledge about clinical presentation of MERS.
| University students |
School students |
χ2 | P-value⁎⁎ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males N (%) | Females N (%) | Males N (%) | Females N (%) | ||||
| Clinical presentation of MERS | |||||||
| Fever | Yes | 181 (65.1) | 302 (77.6)⁎ | 173 (62.9) | 99 (74.8)⁎ | 23.44 | <0.0001 |
| No | 97 (34.9) | 87 (22.4)⁎ | 102 (37) | 30 (25.2)⁎ | |||
| Cough | Yes | 131 (47.1) | 200 (51.4) | 153 (55.6) | 82 (68.9)⁎ | 17.07 | 0.0007 |
| No | 147 (52.9) | 189 (48.6) | 122 (44.4) | 37 (31.1)⁎ | |||
| Shortness of breath | Yes | 169 (60.8) | 242 (62.2) | 166 (60.4) | 88 (73.1)⁎ | 31.13 | 0.001 |
| No | 109 (39.2) | 256 (38.4) | 109 (39.6) | 31 (26.1)⁎ | |||
| Nasal and throat congestion | Yes | 120 (43.2) | 181 (46.5) | 149 (54.2) | 64 (53.8) | 8.65 | 0.03 |
| No | 158 (56.8) | 208 (53.5) | 126 (45.8) | 55 (46.2) | |||
| Diarrhea | Yes | 101 (36.3) | 182 (46.8)⁎ | 108 (39.3) | 62 (51)⁎ | 18.69 | 0.003 |
| No | 177 (63.7) | 389 (53.2)⁎ | 167 (74.6) | 57 (47.9)⁎ | |||
⁎
Chi-square test for difference between genders <0.05.
⁎⁎
Chi-square test for difference between universities and school students.