Research Article
Some Epidemiologic Aspects of Common Warts in Rural Primary School Children
Table 1
Characteristics of the studied children by their sociodemographic factors and warts.
| | Characteristics* | Warts () | No warts () | value |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 11.6 ± 0.33 | 11.7 ± 0.34 | 0.85 | | Sex | | | 0.80 | | Male | 22 (52.0) | 904 (50.5) | | | Female | 20 (48.0) | 887 (49.5) | | | Family size | | | 0.03** | | ≤5 | 16 (38.0) | 980 (55.0) | | | >5 | 26 (62.0) | 811 (45.0) | | | Father’s education | | | 0.0001** | | Illiterate | 5 (12.0) | 78 (4.0) | | | Less than 2ry school | 31 (74.0) | 908 (51.0) | | | Secondary school and higher | 6 (14.0) | 805 (45.0) | | | Mother’s education | | | 0.0001** | | Illiterate | 8 (19.0) | 110 (6.0) | | | Less than 2ry school | 29 (69.0) | 958 (54.0) | | | 2ry school and higher | 5 (12.0) | 723 (40.0) | | | Father’s occupation | | | 0.66 | | Nonskilled work | 8 (19.0) | 253 (14.0) | | | Skilled work | 29 (69.0) | 1323 (74.0) | | | Professional work | 5 (12.0) | 215 (12.0) | | | Mother’s occupation | | | 0.0001** | | Housewife | 33 (78.0) | 1454 (80.7) | | | Skilled work | 7 (17.0) | 221 (12.3) | | | Professional work | 2 (5.0) | 116 (7.0) | |
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Data are presented by mean ± SD or (%).
**Significant.
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