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Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic profile between patients and healthy controls

From: Assessment of quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF in patients with visceral leishmaniasis

Variables

Patients N (%)

Control N (%)

p-value

Gender

 Male

69 (72.6%)

66 (69.4%)

0.749

 Female

26 (27.3%)

29 (30.5%)

Age (Years)

 18–40

61 (64.2%)

64 (67.3%)

0.760

 41–66

34 (35.7%)

31 (32.6%)

Marital status

 Single

21 (22.1%)

25 (26.3%)

0.612

 Married

74 (77.8%)

70 (73.6%)

Education

 Illiterate

48 (50.5%)

41 (43.1%)

0.413#

 Primary school

19 (20.0%)

23 (24.2%)

 Secondary school

13 (13.6%)

12 (12.6%)

 Tertiary

15 (15.7%)

19 (20.0%)

Occupation

 Labor

62 (65.2%)

56 (58.9%)

0.424#

 Housewife

15 (15.7%)

17 (17.8%)

 Others

18 (18.9%)

22 (23.1%)

Locality

 Urban

12 (12.6%)

18 (18.9%)

0.320

 Rural

83 (87.3%)

77 (81.0%)

  1. The proportions were compared using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test
  2. p-value< 0.05 indicating a statistically significant difference
  3. #Chi-square linear-by-linear association