Epidemiological and Clinical Parameters Features of Patients with Clonorchiasis in the Geum River Basin, Republic of Korea

Table 3

C. sinensis infection rates based on sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics.

Variables	Infected (%)	Uninfected (%)	Total (%)	value
Number	353 (11.1)	2,814 (88.9)	3,167 (100)
Gender				0.000
Male	249 (20.3)	978 (79.7)	1,227 (100)
Female	104 (5.4)	1,836 (94.6)	1,940 (100)
Age (yr)				0.146
≤49	15 (7.5)	185 (92.5)	200 (100)
50–59	55 (13.3)	358 (86.7)	413 (100)
60–69	89 (11.9)	659 (88.1)	748 (100)
≥70	194 (10.7)	1,612 (89.3)	1,806 (100)
Alcohol drinking				0.000
Yes	211 (15.5)	1,152 (84.5)	1,363 (100)
No	142 (7.9)	1,662 (92.1)	1,804 (100)
Raw freshwater fish consumption				0.000
Yes	147 (14.7)	851 (85.3)	998 (100)
No	206 (9.5)	1,963 (90.5)	2,169 (100)
History of cooking freshwater fish				0.000
Yes	149 (15.1)	837 (84.9)	986 (100)
No	204 (9.4)	1,977 (90.6)	2,181 (100)
Symptom experience				0.975
Yes	126 (11.2)	1,002 (88.8)	1,128 (100)
No	227 (11.1)	1,812 (88.9)	2,039 (100)
History of C. sinensis infection				0.061
Yes	38 (14.8)	218 (85.2)	256 (100)
No	315 (10.8)	2,596 (89.2)	2,911 (100)
History of bile ducts or liver disease				0.002
Yes	31 (18.3)	138 (81.7)	169 (100)
No	322 (10.7)	2,676 (89.3)	2,998 (100)