Table 1.
Epidemiological characteristics of patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica and L. major in Casablanca between 2010 and 2016.
| Patients n = 99 (%) |
p-value | Odds ratio | Multivariate logistic regression 95% CI | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
L. tropica n = 61(61.6) |
L. major n = 38(38.4) |
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| Age (mean ± SD) | 25.5 ± 23.5 | 41.2 ± 22.9 | 0.002 | 1.025 | 1.006–1.045 | 0.012 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 25 (41.0) | 14 (36.8) | 0.423 | – | – | – |
| Female | 36 (59.0) | 24 (63.2) | ||||
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban and peri-urban | 16 (26.2) | 7 (18.4) | 0.984 | – | – | – |
| Rural | 42 (68.8) | 28 (73.7) | ||||
| Not determined | 3 (5.0) | 3 (7.9) | ||||
| Similar cases in the familya | 19 (31.1) | 11 (29.0) | 0.500 | – | – | – |
CI: confidence interval.
a
Only for patients living in endemic areas.