Research Article
The Prevalence and Pattern of Superficial Fungal Infections among School Children in Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria
Table 1
Relationship between the sociodemographic characteristics and the presence of superficial fungal infections.
| | | Presence of superficial fungal infections | Fungal Infections | Total | | df | value | | | Yes (%) | No (%) |
| | Age in years | | | | | | | | 5–8 | 94 (31.97) | 199 (67.9) | 293 | 2.936 | 2 | 0.230 | | 9–12 | 164 (37.61) | 274 (62.6) | 438 | | 13–16 | 22 (31.43) | 47 (68.1) | 69 | | Sex | | | | | | | | Male | 166 (40.7) | 242 (59.3) | 408 | 12.293 | 1 | 0.001 | | Female | 114 (29.1) | 278 (70.9) | 392 | | Class | | | | | | | | Pry 1–3 | 140 (34.3) | 268 (65.7) | 408 | 0.026 | 1 | 0.678 | | Pry 4–6 | 140 (35.7) | 252 (64.3) | 392 | | Religion | | | | | | | | Christianity | 214 (34.6) | 404 (65.4) | 618 | 0.662 | 2 | 0.586 | | Islam | 66 (36.5) | 115 (63.5) | 181 | | Traditional | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 | | Ethnicity | | | | | | | | Yoruba | 265 (35.7) | 477 | 742 | 11.097 | 3 | 0.011 | | Hausa | 7 (50.0) | 7 | 14 | | Igbo | 2 (8.3) | 22 | 24 | | Others | 6 (30.0) | 14 | 20 |
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