Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of febrile patients and controls
| Variable | Febrile patients (N=810) n (%) |
Controls (N=288) n (%) |
P-value |
| Age group (years) | |||
| <20a | 150 (18.5) | 53 (18.4) | 0.67 |
| 21–30 | 219 (27.0) | 74 (25.7) | |
| 31–40 | 279 (34.4) | 106 (36.8) | |
| 41–50 | 111 (13.7) | 40 (13.9) | |
| 51–60 | 51 (6.3) | 15 (5.2) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 411 (50.7) | 148 (51.4) | 0.85 |
| Male | 399 (49.3) | 140 (48.6) | |
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Location of residence |
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| Urban | 660 (81.5) | 231 (80.2) | 0.66 |
| Rural | 150 (18.5) | 57 (19.8) |
a
Age group <20 years. For febrile patients, this includes 141 children aged between 12 and 17 years and 9 adults aged between 18 and 19 years. For the controls, this includes 48 children aged between 12 and 17 years and 5 adults aged between 18 and 19 years.