Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen

Table 2

Prevalence of LST positivity by district, PATIENT STATUS gender, and age group.

		LST POSITIVITY N (%)	χ2	P
ALL SAMPLE (N= 1165)		215 (18.5)
DISTRICT	ESCARPMENT (N= 471)	163 (34.8)	138	< 0.001
	PLATEAUS (N= 694)	52 (7.5)
PATIENT STATUS	FREE (N= 950)	105 (11.1)	190	< 0.001
	SCAR (N= 189)	98 (51.9)
	LESION (N= 22)	9 (41)
	SCAR AND LESION (N= 4)	3 (75)
GENDER	MALE (N= 1022)	197 (19.3)	3.7	0.053
	FEMALE (N= 143)	18 (12.6)
AGE GROUP	<16Y (N= 451)	72 (16)	10.52	0.017
	16-30Y (N= 425)	72 (16.9)
	31-45Y (N= 164)	38 (23.2)
	>45Y (N= 125)	33 (26.4)