Table 4.
Clinical features of the study participants for the last 2 weeks from the community, Bedeno district, eastern Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 1011).
| Sign/symptoms | Microscopic examination
result |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive |
Negative |
|||
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | |||
| Fever | Yes | 99 (35.4) | 181 (64.6) | 0.886 |
| No | 262 (35.8) | 469 (64.2) | ||
| Abdominal pain | Yes | 282 (34.5) | 535 (65.5) | 0.105 |
| No | 79 (40.7) | 115 (59.3) | ||
| Vomiting | Yes | 95 (35.3) | 174 (64.7) | 0.876 |
| No | 266 (35.8) | 476 (64.2) | ||
| Nausea | Yes | 165 (36.5) | 287 (63.5) | 0.634 |
| No | 196 (35.1) | 363 (64.9) | ||
| Fatigue/malaise | Yes | 175 (40.9) | 253 (59.1) | 0.003 |
| No | 186 (31.9) | 397 (68.1) | ||
| Bloody diarrhea | Yes | 129 (43.3) | 169 (56.7) | 0.001 |
| No | 232 (32.5) | 481 (67.5) | ||
| Headache | Yes | 170 (38.9) | 267 (61.1) | 0.064 |
| No | 191 (33.3) | 383 (66.7) | ||
| Rash/dermatitis | Yes | 40 (34.8) | 75 (65.2) | 0.826 |
| No | 321 (35.8) | 575 (64.2) | ||
| Wheezing | Yes | 13 (39.4) | 20 (60.6) | 0.653 |
| No | 348 (35.6) | 630 (64.4) | ||
| Splenomegaly | Yes | 73 (41.5) | 103 (58.5) | 0.079 |
| No | 288 (34.5) | 547 (65.5) | ||
| Hepatomegaly | Yes | 81 (38.4) | 130 (61.6) | 0.361 |
| No | 280 (35) | 520 (65) | ||
| Ascites | Yes | 15 (55.6) | 12 (44.4) | 0.029 |
| No | 346 (35.2) | 638 (64.8) | ||
| Hemoptysis | Yes | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | NA |
| No | 360 (35.7) | 648 (64.3) | ||
| Pallor | Yes | 18 (31.6) | 39 (68.4) | 0.503 |
| No | 343 (36) | 611 (64) | ||
| Jaundice | Yes | 27 (38) | 44 (62) | 0.672 |
| No | 334 (35.5) | 606 (64.5) | ||
| Superficial abdominal collateral veins | Yes | 24 (37.5) | 40 (62.5) | 0.757 |
| No | 337 (35.6) | 610 (64.4) | ||