Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

The demographic characteristics variations among the parasitized and nonparasitized diarrheal cases and controls.

Demographic character	Protozoa-positive					Protozoa-negative
	Cases		Controls		value	Cases		Controls		value
		%		%			%		%
Age
Mean ± SD	54.4 ± 12.8		48.8 ± 12.6		0.2 (NS)	48.6 ± 13.2		51.9 ± 14.3		0.33 (NS)
Gender
Male	14	66.7%	9	64.3%	0.88 (NS)	21	72.4%	23	63.9%	0.46 (NS)
Female	7	33.3%	5	35.7%		8	27.6%	13	36.1%
Residence
Urban	16	76.2%	9	64.3%	0.47 (NS)	27	93.1%	31	86.1%	0.44 (NS)
Rural	5	23.8%	5	35.7%		2	6.9%	5	13.9%
Travel history
Yes	11	52.4%	7	50%	0.89 (NS)	14	48.3%	15	41.7%	0.59 (NS)
No	10	47.6%	7	50%		15	51.7%	21	58.3%
Animal contact
Yes	7	33.3%	6	42.9%	0.56 (NS)	7	24.1%	6	16.7%	0.45 (NS)
No	14	66.7%	8	57.1%		22	75.9%	30	83.3%
Drinking water
Bottled	11	52.4%	6	42.9%	0.83 (NS)	19	65.5%	20	55.6%	0.007 (Sig)
Desalted	8	38.1%	6	42.9%		3	10.3%	14	38.9%
Well	2	9.5%	2	14.3%		7	24.1%	2	5.6%
Total	21	100%	14	100%		29	100%	36	100%

SD: standard deviation, : number, NS: nonsignificant, and Sig: significant. .