Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Long-Term Outcomes of a Major Outbreak of Chikungunya in a Hamlet in Sri Lanka, in 2007: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Table 1

Gender-based analysis of features.

Variable [𝑁]		Male %	Female %	𝑃 Value^a
Population of Madige (1001)		485 (48)	516 (52)
Affected people in Madige (513)		237 (46)	276 (54)	0.144
Triad of symptoms (61)		17 (28)	44 (72)	0.002
Arthralgia (430)		191 (44)	239 (56)	0.560
Arthritis (233)		86 (37)	147 (63)	0.000
Chronic arthritic disability (230)		94 (41)	136 (59)	0.029
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Relapses	Present	22	88	0.000
	Absent	214	184
	Present	68	105	0.000
	Absent	166	167

^a𝜒² statistics.