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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between infected and non-infected participants

From: Parasitology should not be abandoned: data from outpatient parasitological testing in Guangdong, China

Factors

Infected

Non-infected

P value

Gender (%)

 Male

258 (75.9)

265 (49.1)

0.001

 Female

82 (24.1)

275 (50.9)

Age (y)

37.6 ± 14.4

42.4 ± 14.2

0.146

Education Level (%)

 Illiterate

0 (0.0)

15 (2.8)

0.449

 Primary school

13 (3.8)

36 (6.6)

 Middle school

128 (37.7)

193 (35.8)

 College or above

199 (58.5)

296 (54.8)

Household income (%)

  < 10,000 RMB

188 (55.2)

246 (45.5)

0.482

 10,000 to 50,000 RMB

45 (13.2)

104 (19.3)

 50,000 to 100,000 RMB

18 (5.3)

67 (12.4)

  > 100,000 RMB

89 (26.3)

123 (22.8)

Place of residence (%)

 Urban areas

331 (97.4)

506 (93.7)

0.014

 Rural areas

9 (2.6)

34 (6.3)