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Table 3 Main clinical parameters at the time of sampling of the individuals recruited in the present study (n = 766) according to their community of origin, gender and age group, Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil, 2015–2016

From: Prevalence of intestinal parasites, with emphasis on the molecular epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis and Blastocystis sp., in the Paranaguá Bay, Brazil: a community survey

Variable

N

Main symptomps, n (%)

Stool consistency, n (%)

Diarrhoea

Abdominal pain

Watery

Loose

Formed

Community

 Ilha do Mela

46

8 (17.4)

13 (28.3)4**

2 (4.3)

16 (34.8)

28 (60.9)

 Ilha do Teixeiraa

58

4 (6.9)1*

16 (27.6)5**

2 (3.4)

11 (19.0)

45 (77.6)

 Ilha do Amparoa

90

19 (21.1)1*, 2*

37 (41.1)8**

4 (4.4)

27 (30.0)

59 (65.6)

 Jardim Esperançab

221

37 (16.7)3*

66 (29.9)7**

9 (4.1)

66 (29.9)

146 (66.0)

 Ilha dos Valadaresb

286

26 (9.1)2*, 3*

71 (24.8)6**, 7**, 8**

15 (5.2)

66 (23.1)

205 (71.7)

 Ponta do Cajub

65

8 (12.3)

32 (49.2)4**, 5**, 6**

4 (6.1)

13 (20.0)

48 (73.9)

Gender

 Male

382

55 (14.4)

122 (31.9)

19 (5.0)

105 (27.5)

258 (67.5)

 Female

384

47 (12.2)

113 (29.4)

17 (4.4)

94 (24.5)

273 (71.1)

Age group (years)

 0–4

66

6 (9.1)

15 (22.7)

5 (7.6)

15 (22.7)

46 (69.7)

 5–9

412

58 (14.1)

127 (30.8)

24 (5.8)

108 (26.2)

280 (68.0)

 10–14

146

21 (14.4)

52 (35.6)

5 (3.4)

44 (30.2)

97 (66.4)

 15–34

52

6 (11.5)

16 (30.8)

1 (1.9)

12 (23.1)

39 (75.0)

 > 34

90

11 (12.2)

25 (27.8)

1 (1.1)

20 (22.2)

69 (76.7)

Total

766

102 (13.3)

235 (30.7)

36 (4.7)

199 (26.0)

531 (69.3)

  1. Abbreviation: N number of individuals
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01: Statistically significant relationships between two given data for a specific variable were identified with superscript (1 to 8) numbers.
  3. aInsular or poorly accessible settings
  4. bUrban or peri-urban settings