Table 1 Characteristics of military personnel
Characteristics | Total | Positive | Negative | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 288 | % | n = 35 | % | n = 253 | % | ||
Age (years), median (IQR) | 28 (24 to 34) | 27 (24 to 40) | 28 (24 to 34) | 0.455 | |||
Monthly income (USD), median (IQR) | 151.9 (102.3 to 188.4) | 151.9 (99.4 to 187.0) | 151.9 (102.3 to 188.4) | 0.593 | |||
Work in forest areas (years), median (IQR) | 4 (2 to 7) | 5 (2 to 10) | 3 (2 to 7) | 0.030 | |||
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 284 | 98.6 | 35 | 100.0 | 249 | 98.6 | 1.000 |
 Female | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.4 | |
Ethnicity | |||||||
 Lao ethnic | 252 | 87.5 | 29 | 82.9 | 223 | 88.1 | 0.411 |
 Other ethnic | 36 | 12.5 | 6 | 17.1 | 30 | 11.9 | |
Education | |||||||
 ≤ High school | 236 | 81.9 | 29 | 82.9 | 207 | 81.8 | 1.000 |
 > High school | 52 | 18.1 | 6 | 17.1 | 46 | 18.2 | |
Marital status | |||||||
 Single | 157 | 54.5 | 22 | 62.9 | 135 | 53.4 | 0.366 |
 Married | 131 | 45.5 | 13 | 37.1 | 118 | 46.6 | |
Episode of malaria (times) | |||||||
 Never | 191 | 66.3 | 21 | 60.0 | 170 | 67.2 | 0.671 |
 1 or more | 97 | 33.7 | 14 | 40.0 | 83 | 32.8 | |
Body temperature (°C) | |||||||
 ≤ 37.5 | 283 | 98.3 | 34 | 97.1 | 249 | 98.4 | 0.479 |
 > 37.5 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 2.9 | 4 | 1.6 | |
Provinces | |||||||
 Champasak | 227 | 78.8 | 28 | 80.0 | 199 | 78.7 | 0.528 |
 Attapeu | 61 | 21.2 | 7 | 20.0 | 54 | 21.3 | |