Table 3.
Type of symptoms experienced among patients.
| Symptoms | Age | p | Sex | p | Place of Residence | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26–50 | 51–67 | 68–85 | Women | Men | City | Village | ||||
| Characteristics/% (N) | ||||||||||
| Weakness | 30% (79) | 30% (96) | 18% (39) | 0.5090 | 22% (137) | 45% (79) | 0.0273 | 38% (103) | 21% (111) | 0.2527 |
| Pain | 15% (40) | 17% (54) | 33% (71) | 0.1781 | 81% (505) | 73% (128) | 0.4134 | 77% (209) | 69% (364) | 0.4134 |
| Defecation disorders | 3% (8) | 15% (48) | 20% (43) | 0.3587 | 36% (225) | 64% (113) | 0.5935 | 26% (71) | 19% (100) | 0.0273 |
| Change in skin condition | 45% (119) | 40% (128) | 41% (88) | 0.8847 | 35% (218) | 66% (116) | 0.0199 | 41% (111) | 38% (201) | 0.8847 |
| Weight loss | 15% (40) | 17% (54) | 26% (56) | 0.5440 | 19% (118) | 18% (32) | 0.9118 | 21% (57) | 19% (100) | 0.9118 |
| Behavioral disorders | 8% (21) | 7% (22) | 22% (47) | 0.0909 | 11% (69) | 9% (16) | 0.7459 | 12% (33) | 7% (37) | 0.7459 |
| Other | 18% (47) | 30% (96) | 37% (78) | 0.2527 | 28% (175) | 27% (47) | 0.9314 | 24% (65) | 17% (90) | 0.9118 |