Table 2. Baseline characteristics of 1,839 US-bound Myanmar refugees in camps along Myanmar–Thailand border, by camp, Thailand, 2012–2015.
Characteristic |
Mae La, camp 1 |
Mae La Oon, camp 2 |
Mae Ra Ma Luang, camp 3 |
Total participants, no. |
549 |
667 |
623 |
Sex, no. (%) | |||
F | 261 (47.5) | 327 (49.0) | 304 (48.8) |
M |
288 (52.5) |
340 (51.0) |
319 (51.2) |
Age, y, mean (range) | 20.8 (0.6–79.9) | 19.3 (0.86–88.9) | 18.9 (0.55–83.1) |
Any hookworm infection, no. (%) | 180 (32.8) | 173 (25.9) | 182 (29.2) |
Hemoglobin, g/L, geometric mean (range) | 130 (71–179) | 127 (71–180) | 126 (71–183) |
Eosinophil concentration, × 108 cells/L, geometric mean (range)* | 3.56 (0.01–55.3) | 4.27 (0.01–107) | 5.21 (0.01–178) |
*Eosinophil concentration reference range: 0–4.5 × 108 cells/L.