Table 4. Crosstabulation of capillary (CAP) and venous (VEN) microfilaraemia and odds ratios to quantify the odds to detect a microfilaraemia in CAP blood than in VEN blood.
Microscopy CAP | Odds ratio for paired data (95% CI) | ||||||
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N = 713 | n, column % | ||||||
+ | - | p-value* | |||||
Loa loa | Microscopy | VEN | + | 114 | 17 | 1.24 (0.65 to 2.34) | 0.52 |
- | 21 | 561 | |||||
Mansonella perstans | Microscopy | VEN | + | 33 | 26 | 1.65 (1.0 to 2.68) | 0.041 |
- | 43 | 611 |
*McNemar test