Assessment of Etiology of Elephantiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors in Jeldu District, West Shoa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Stages of podoconiosis cases (n = 73) in Jeldu district, West Shoa, Ethiopia.

Podo cases		Stages				Total (n = 73) n (%)	value
		I (n = 25) n (%)	II (n = 30) n (%)	III (n = 16) n (%)	IV (n = 2) n (%)
Sex	Male	15 (20.5)	19 (26.1)	12 (16.4)	2 (2.7)	48 (65.7)	0.04
	Female	10 (13.7)	11 (15.0)	4 (5.5)	0 (0)	25 (34.3)
Age	10–25	6 (8.2)	4 (5.5)	2 (2.7)	0 (0)	12 (16.4)
	26–40	5 (6.8)	14 (32.6)	8 (11)	0 (0)	27 (37)	0.02
	41–55	12 (16.4)	7 (9.6)	2 (2.7)	0 (0)	21 (28.8)
	56–70	2 (2.7)	5 (6.8)	4 (5.5)	2 (2.7)	13 (17.8)