Prevalence and Correlates of Intestinal Parasites among Patients Admitted to Mirembe National Mental Health Hospital, Dodoma, Tanzania

Table 4

Association between intestinal parasitic infections and participant’s sex, age, and duration of hospitalization (in days).

Characteristic	Infection status		Total (%)	value
	Negative (%)	Positive (%)
Sex
Female	49 (24.02)	5 (17.24)	54 (23.18)	0.41
Male	155 (75.98)	24 (82.76)	179 (76.82)
Age
12–29	93 (45.59)	20 (68.97)	113 (48.50)	0.07
30–49	96 (47.06)	8 (27.59)	104 (44.64)
50–69	15 (7.35)	1 (3.45)	16 (6.87)
Hospitalization days
1–30	102 (50.00)	14 (48.28)	116 (49.79)	0.98
31–60	47 (23.04)	7 (24.14)	54 (23.18)
>60	55 (26.96)	8 (27.59)	63 (27.04)
Total	204 (100.00)	29 (100.00)	233 (100.00)

value based on chi-square statistic and Fisher exact test.