Table 2.
Health characteristics by ethnic groups.
| Characteristics | Kinh | Tay | Others | Total | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Number of acute symptoms (last 4 weeks) (n = 321) | |||||||||
| None | 1 | 2.4 | 10 | 4.4 | 5 | 10.2 | 16 | 5.0 | 0.025∗ |
| One symptom | 5 | 11.9 | 29 | 12.6 | 13 | 26.5 | 47 | 14.6 | |
| Two symptoms or more | 36 | 85.7 | 191 | 83.0 | 31 | 63.3 | 258 | 80.4 | |
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| Acute symptoms (last 4 weeks) (n = 321) | |||||||||
| Headache | 34 | 81.0 | 171 | 74.4 | 29 | 59.2 | 234 | 72.9 | 0.043∗ |
| Backache | 31 | 73.8 | 150 | 65.2 | 32 | 65.3 | 213 | 66.4 | 0.548∗ |
| Allergy | 7 | 16.7 | 46 | 20.0 | 4 | 8.2 | 57 | 17.8 | 0.141∗ |
| Constipation | 4 | 9.5 | 40 | 17.4 | 9 | 18.4 | 53 | 16.5 | 0.419∗ |
| Cough, sore throat | 28 | 66.7 | 134 | 58.3 | 16 | 32.7 | 178 | 55.5 | 0.001∗ |
| Sneezing, runny nose | 17 | 40.5 | 85 | 37.0 | 13 | 26.5 | 115 | 35.8 | 0.307∗ |
| Fever | 20 | 47.6 | 63 | 27.4 | 8 | 16.3 | 91 | 28.4 | 0.004∗ |
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 4.8 | 21 | 9.1 | 4 | 8.2 | 27 | 8.4 | 0.643∗ |
| Eyesore | 10 | 23.8 | 51 | 22.2 | 4 | 8.2 | 65 | 20.3 | 0.071∗ |
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| Number of chronic diseases (last 3 months) (n = 321) | |||||||||
| None | 4 | 9.5 | 59 | 25.7 | 21 | 42.9 | 84 | 26.2 | 0.003∗ |
| One disease | 22 | 52.4 | 74 | 32.2 | 14 | 28.6 | 110 | 34.3 | |
| Two diseases or more | 16 | 38.1 | 97 | 42.2 | 14 | 28.6 | 127 | 39.6 | |
| Chronic diseases (last 3 months) (n = 321) | |||||||||
| Hypertension | 10 | 23.8 | 57 | 24.8 | 8 | 16.3 | 75 | 23.4 | 0.445∗ |
| Low blood pressure | 8 | 19.1 | 40 | 17.4 | 6 | 12.2 | 54 | 16.8 | 0.626∗ |
| Heart disease | 7 | 16.7 | 29 | 12.6 | 4 | 8.2 | 40 | 12.5 | 0.469∗ |
| Gastrointestinal disease | 13 | 31.0 | 58 | 25.2 | 11 | 22.5 | 82 | 25.6 | 0.636∗ |
| Spine/bone pain | 25 | 59.5 | 120 | 52.2 | 16 | 32.7 | 161 | 50.2 | 0.020∗ |
∗Chi-squared test.