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. 2019 Nov 28;8:194. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0645-9

Table 1.

Study population characteristics (1.a) Age distribution occupation and antibiotic use, (1.b) direct environmental characteristics of households

1.a
Variables No. (%)
Resident (n = 359) Enrolled (n = 265) Resistome analysis (n = 93)
Age group (years) (Mean + SD) 32.1 ± 19.2 32.4 ± 19.6 29.4 ± 18.9
 0 to 11 61 (17.0) 54 (20.4) 23 (25)
 12 to 18 52 (14.5) 39 (14.7) 12 (13)
 19 to 55 192 (53.5) 133 (50.2) 50 (54)
 >  56 54 (15.0) 39 (14.7) 8 (9.0)
Male sex 170 (47.4) 117 (44.5) 38 (41)
Occupation
 Farmer 154 (42.9) 115 (43.0) 36 (39)
 Health care staff 6 (1.7) 2 (0.8) 0 (0)
 Worker 36 (10.0) 23 (8.7) 10 (11)
 Others (teacher, engineer, accountant, etc) 47 (13.1) 28 (10.6) 13 (11)
Antibiotic use during 6 months follow up
 Yes 97 (27.0) 93 (35.1) 39 (42)
 Beta lactam (amoxicillin, cefepime, cefexime, cephalexin, penicillin) 88 (90.7) 84 (90.3) 39 (100)
1.b
Variables No. (%)
Number of HH (n = 80) HHs in resistome analysis (n = 40)
Main water
 Rain water 75 (94) 38 (95)
 Drain well water 74 (93) 36 (90)
 Cleaned water 5 (6) 2 (5)
 River water 16 (20) 6 (15)
Domestic animal
 Chicken 56 (70) 27 (68)
 Dog 63 (79) 31 (78)
 Pig 9 (11) 5 (12)
 Other (cow, duck, goose, bird, etc) 62 (78)
Origin of fertilizer used for vegetable culture
 Human 1 (1) 1 (2)
 Animal 13 (16) 8 (20)
 Chemical 27 (34) 14 (35)