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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the chikungunya patients from different hotspots (n = 432)

From: Chikungunya outbreak in Bangladesh (2017): sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients from three hotspots

Characteristics

Total, n (%)

Dhaka, n (%)

Chittagong, n (%)

Sitakundu, n (%)

p value

Age, mean (SD) (years)

36.0 (13.6)

36.2 (13.3)

39.2 (11.3)

29.9 (16.7)

< 0.001

Age group (years)

 12–17

39 (9.0)

23 (8.0)

3 (3.2)

13 (24.5)

0.001

 18–59

368 (85.2)

245 (85.6)

86 (92.4)

37 (69.8)

 

 > 59

25 (5.8)

18 (6.3)

4 (4.3)

3 (5.6)

 

Sex

 Male

224 (51.8)

154 (53.8)

54 (58.0)

16 (30.2)

0.003

 Female

208 (48.2)

132 (46.1)

39 (41.9)

37 (69.8)

 

Education

 Illiterate

10 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

10 (18.8)

< 0.001

 Primary

52 (12.0)

14 (4.9)

7 (7.5)

31 (58.5)

 

 High school

65 (15.0)

42 (14.7)

19 (20.4)

4 (7.5)

 

 Intermediate

76 (17.6)

58 (20.3)

17 (18.3)

1 (1.9)

 

 Graduate

145 (33.5)

97 (33.9)

47 (50.5)

1 (1.9)

 

 Missing

80 (18.5)

75 (26.2)

3 (3.2)

6 (11.3)

 

Occupation

 Service

102 (23.6)

57 (19.9)

44 (47.3)

1 (1.9)

< 0.001

 Businessman

52 (12.0)

40 (14.0)

11 (11.8)

1 (1.9)

 

 Farmer

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

 

 House wife

161 (37.2)

105 (36.7)

26 (28.0)

30 (56.6)

 

 Student

60 (13.9)

46 (16.1)

7 (7.5)

7 (13.2)

 

 Others

18 (4.2)

5 (1.7)

2 (2.1)

11 (20.7)

 

 Missing

38 (8.8)

33 (11.5)

3 (3.2)

2 (3.7)

 

Religion

 Buddist

4 (0.9)

4 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 < 0.001

 Hindu

79 (18.3)

16 (5.6)

13 (14.0)

50 (94.3)

 

 Islam

336 (77.8)

257 (89.9)

78 (83.8)

1 (1.9)

 

 Missing

13 (3.0)

9 (3.1)

2 (2.1)

2 (3.7)

 

Marital status

 Divorced

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.023

 Married

320 (74.1)

208 (72.7)

77 (82.8)

35 (66.0)

 

 Unmarried

85 (19.7)

57 (19.9)

14 (15.0)

14 (26.4)

 

 Widow

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

 

 Missing

25 (5.8)

21 (7.3)

2 (2.1)

2 (3.7)

 

Residence

 Rural

60 (13.9)

11 (3.8)

1 (1.1)

48 (90.5)

< 0.001

 Urban

347 (80.3)

254 (88.8)

90 (96.7)

3 (5.6)

 

 Missing

25 (5.8)

21 (7.3)

2 (2.1)

2 (3.7)

 

Comorbidity

 CVD

5 (1.2)

1 (0.3)

4 (4.3)

0 (0.0)

0.017

 DM

23 (5.3)

18 (6.3)

4 (4.3)

1 (1.9)

0.414

 HTN

29 (6.7)

21 (7.3)

5 (5.4)

3 (5.6)

0.877