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Table 1 Age and sex distribution of study participants

From: Factors associated with cutaneous ulcers among children in two yaws-endemic districts in Ghana

 

Controls (n = 124)

Cases (n = 62)

P-value

 

Age (median, IQR)

10 (8, 13)

11 (9, 13)

0.076

 

Sex (n, %)

 Male

64 (51.6)

46 (74.2)

0.003ǂ

 

 Female

60 (48.4)

16 (25.8)

  
 

Awutu Senya West

Upper West Akyem

  

Age group

n (%)

n (%)

Total

P-value

  < 5 years

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

6

0.646

 5–9 years

29 (45.3)

35 (54.7)

64

 

 10–15 years

61 (52.6)

55 (47.4)

116

 
 

Males

Females

  

Age group

N (%)

N (%)

Total

P-value

  < 5 years

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

6

0.222

 5–9 years

42 (65.6)

22 (34.4)

64

 

 10–15 years

66 (56.9)

50 (43.1)

116

 
  1. ǂP <  0.05 means statistically significant