Table 1 Study demographics broken out by age, total recruitment and number of participants included in the seroprevalence data analysis
From: Analysis of age-dependent trends in Ov16 IgG4 seroprevalence to onchocerciasis
Age range | Participants recruited | Participants with Ov16 IgG4 ELISA results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Microfilaria (MF)-positive (prevalence in %) | Total | Microfilaria (MF)-positive (prevalence in %) | |
Ages 5–10 | 280 | 3 (1.1) | 193 | 3 (1.6) |
Ages 11–20 | 528 | 5 (1.0) | 386 | 3 (0.8) |
Ages 21–30 | 491 | 18 (3.7) | 352 | 11 (3.1) |
Ages 31–40 | 501 | 25 (5.0) | 320 | 10 (3.1) |
Ages 41–50 | 445 | 23 (5.2) | 293 | 13 (4.4) |
Ages 51–60 | 287 | 10 (3.5) | 197 | 4 (2.0) |
> 60 years of age | 391 | 9 (2.3) | 264 | 6 (2.3) |
Total no. of participants | 2,923 | 93 (3.1) | 2,005 | 50 (2.5) |
% female | 56 (n = 1,646) | 48.4 (n = 93) | 58 (n = 1,155) | 48 (n = 24) |
No. of villages | 35 | 35 | ||