Table 2. Characteristics of study population.

According to their diagnostic status, individuals were categorized as endemic normal (EN), latent (CFA+MF-) or patent (CFA+MF+) W. bancrofti-infected and lymphedema (LE) as well as previously infected individuals (PI) who had cleared the infection. Table 2 shows total sample size, gender, health district and community as well as age, microfilariae (MF) numbers and MDA treatment rounds since 2009 which are given as mean, median and range.

	EN	CFA+MF-	CFA+MF+	LE	PI
Sample size (n)	54	41	13	50	65
Mean age [years]	45.7	43.6	43.2	50.2	41.4
Median age [years]	45.5	42	45	50	38
Range age [years]	22–80	28–64	24–58	25–70	23–78
Gender [Female:Male]	46:8	21:20	1:12	42:8	37:28
Health district	Ahanta West	Ahanta West, Nzema East	Ahanta West, Nzema East	Ahanta West, Nzema East	Ahanta West
Community	Achowa, Apatano, Asamasa, Asemkow, Busua, Butre, Cape 3 Point, Kantakrom	Adukrom, Agyan, Akatakyi, Akonu, Apatano, Asemkow, Bakanta, Butre, Cape 3 Point, Dixcove, Domunli, Sanwoma	Agyan, Akatakyi, Akonu, Apatano, Asanta, Cape 3 Point, Domunli, Samwona	Achowa, Akatakyi, Apatano, Asamasa, Asemkow, Butre, Busua, Cape 3 Point, Kantakrom, Miamia	Achowa, Akyinim, Apatano, Asemkow, Busua, Butre, Kantakrom
Mean microfilaria count [MF/ml]	0	0	243.6	0	0
Median microfilaria count [MF/ml]	0	0	123.5	0	0
Range microfilaria count [MF/ml]	0	0	1–984	0	0
Mean MDA rounds	6	3.8	1.8	6.4	5.2
Median MDA rounds	5	3	0	6	4
Range MDA rounds	0–10	0–10	0–6	2–10	1–10