Review Article

Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Migrants in Apulia, a Region of Southern Italy, in the Years 2006–2016

Table 2

Statistic analysis. SD: standard deviation.

Total 2006–20162006–20132014–2016 value

Immigrants17621261501

Average age28,1428,4727,30,04
SD (range)±11,07 (14–76)±10,9 (14–76)±11,32 (15–71)

Male1159 (65,8%)801 (63,5%)358 (71,4%)0,002

Origin countries with high prevalence of schistosomiasis (%)896 (50,85%)643 (50,9%)253 (50,5%)0,852

Malian and Senegalese patients83 (4,71%)43 (3,4%)40 (7,98%)<0,0001

Prevalence of eosinophilia209/1762 (11,8%)126/1261 (9,9%)84/501 (16,7%)<0,0001

Average age of patients with eosinophilia
SD
Range
26,27
10,2
14–74
27,26
10,53
14–74
24,74
SD ± 9,55
15–52
0,08

Patients male with eosinophilia %154/209 (73,7%)87/126 (69%)67/83 (80,72%)0,08