Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology / 2021 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of the Performance of the Widal Test and the Typhidot Immunoassay for Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in the West Region of Cameroon Table 2 Prevalence of typhoid fever by sociodemographic characteristics in the study population.
Total (N = 558) Salmonella typhi positive (n = 72) value (chi2 )Age groups (years) <10 37 6 (16.2) 0.8010 (3.814) [11–20] 73 7 (9.6) [21–30] 219 28 (12.8) [31–40] 48 5 (10.4) [41–50] 57 6 (10.5) [51–60] 54 8 (14.8) [61–70] 48 7 (14.6) >71 22 5 (22.7) Gender Female 376 39 (10.4) 0.0148 Male 182 33 (18.1) Residence Dschang 237 45 (19.0) <0.0001 (29, 16) Fongo-Tongo 20 1 (5.0) Nkong-Ni 76 10 (13.1) Penka-Michel 12 9 (75.0) Santchou 41 7 (17.1) Occupation Student 266 33 (12.4) 0.5105 (2.310) Civil servant 27 6 (22.2) Private sector 144 17 (11.8) Housewife 121 16 (13.2) Level of education Not educated 1 0 0.9459 (0.3724) Primary 78 11 (14.1) Secondary 304 40 (13.15) Higher education 174 21 (12.1) Marital status Married 314 28 (8.9) 0.0025 (11.95) Single 208 40 (19.2) Widow/widower 36 4 (11.1)