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Table 1 Ivermectin intake based on oral declarations in the study population by age and sex

From: Relationship between oral declaration on adherence to ivermectin treatment and parasitological indicators of onchocerciasis in an area of persistent transmission despite a decade of mass drug administration in Cameroon

  

IVM INTAKE

  
 

Gender

0

[1–3]

[4–6]

>7

Total

 

Children

Male

42 (16.2)

179 (69.1)

35 (13.5)

3 (1.2)

259

 
 

Female

40 (18.3)

137 (62.8)

37 (17.0)

4 (1.8)

218

 
 

Total

82 (17.2)

316 (66.2)

72 (15.1)

7 (1.5)

477

P = 0.508

Adults

Male

169 (16.7)

347 (34.4)

265 (26.2)

229 (22.7)

1010

 
 

Female

116 (13.2)

293 (33.4)

278 (31.7)

190 (21.7)

877

 
 

Total

285 (15.1)

640 (33.9)

543 (28.8)

419 (22.2)

1887

P = 0.029

Total

Male

211 (16.6)

526 (41.4)

300 (23.7)

232 (18.3)

1269

 
 

Female

156 (14.2)

430 (39.3)

315 (28.8)

194 (17.7)

1095

 
 

Total

367 (15.5)

956 (40.4)

615 (26.0)

426 (18.0)

2364

P = 0.031

  1. IVM Ivermectin