Research Article
Enteric Protozoan Parasitosis and Associated Factors among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
| | Characteristics | Total | Diabetics | Nondiabetics | X2 | value |
| | Age | 56.73 + 12.11 | 60.79 + 10.47 | 51.03 + 12.01 | 5.74 | <0.001 | | Age groups | | <60 | 132 (55.0) | 60 (42.9) | 72 (72.0) | 20.01 | <0.001 | | 60+ | 108 (45.0) | 80 (57.1) | 28 (28.0) | | | | Gender | | Female | 189 (78.8) | 116 (82.9) | 73 (73.0) | 3.39 | 0.047 | | Male | 51 (21.3) | 24 (17.1) | 27 (27.0) | | | | Educational status | | No formal education | 65 (27.1) | 35 (25.0) | 30 (30.0) | 14.37 | 0.002 | | Primary | 86 (35.8) | 63 (45.0) | 23 (23.0) | | | | Secondary | 31 (12.9) | 12 (8.6) | 19 (19.0) | | | | Tertiary | 58 (24.2) | 30 (21.4) | 28 (28.0) | | | | Employment status | | Not employed | 86 (35.8) | 63 (45.0) | 23 (23.0) | 12.28 | <0.001 | | Employed | 154 (64.2) | 77 (55.0) | 77 (77.0) | | | | Years with condition | | <1 | 5 (2.1) | 5 (3.6) | — | | | | 2 to 5 | 12 (5.0) | 12 (8.6) | — | | | | >5 | 123 (51.2) | 123 (87.9) | — | | | | Awareness of deworming | | No | 82 (34.2) | 46 (32.9) | 36 (36.0) | 0.26 | 0.356 | | Yes | 158 (65.8) | 94 (67.1) | 64 (64.0) | | | | Dewormed in the last 3 months | | No | 137 (57.1) | 74 (52.9) | 63 (63.0) | 2.45 | 0.076 | | Yes | 103 (42.90) | 66 (47.1) | 37 (37.0) | | | | Has comorbidity | | No | 118 (49.2) | 35 (25.0) | 83 (83.0) | 75.52 | <0.001 | | Yes | 122 (50.8) | 105 (75.0) | 17 (17.0) | | |
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