Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of clinically suspected onchocerciasis subjects along with O-5S qPCR assay

Sample size

Patients

200 (100)

133 (100)

67 (100)

na

Gender

Female

44 (22.00)

30 (22.56)

14 (20.90)

0.79^a

Male

156 (78.00)

103 (77.44)

53 (79.10)

Age (years)

Range

3–72

3–72

5–66

na

Median

29

32

15

na

Interquartile range

12.75–45.00

20–45

10.0–35.5

na

Age group: 3–29

103 (51.50)

58 (43.61)

45 (67.16)

< 0.01^a*

Age group: 30–72

97 (48.50)

75 (56.39)

22 (32.84)

Occupation

Child, student

72 (36.00)

33 (24.81)

39 (58.21)

< 0.01^a*

Farmer

119 (59.50)

94 (70.68)

25 (37.31)

< 0.01^a*

Other occupation

9 (4.50)

6 (4.51)

3 (4.48)

1.00^b