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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients according to the underlying disease

From: Screening of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in high-risk patients in Khuzestan Province, Southwestern Iran

Characteristics

All patients

No. = 300

Uncontrolled diabetes

No. = 82

Malignant diseases

No. = 79

Steroid therapy

No. = 102

Other diseases

No. = 37

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years)

 < 20

16 (5.3)

1 (6.3)

13 (81.3)

2 (12.5)

0 (0)

 20−40

45 (15.0)

3 (6.7)

17 (37.8)

19 (42.2)

6 (13.3)

 41−60

114 (38.0)

40 (35.1)

29 (25.4)

28 (24.6)

17 (14.9)

 60+

125 (41.7)

38 (30.4)

20 (16.0)

53 (42.4)

14 (11.2)

Gender

 Male

144 (48.0)

32 (22.2)

50 (34.7)

37 (25.7)

25 (17.4)

 Female

156 (52.0)

50 (32.1)

29 (18.6)

65 (41.7)

12 (7.7)

Living area

 Rural

98 (32.7)

34 (34.7)

24 (24.5)

26 (26.5)

14 (14.3)

 Urban

202 (67.3)

48 (23.8)

55 (27.2)

76 (37.6)

23 (11.4)

Clinical symptoms

 Gastrointestinal

98 (32.7)

41 (41.8)

24 (24.5)

13 (13.3)

20 (20.4)

 Pulmonary

38 (12.7)

4 (10.5)

3 (7.9)

30 (79.0)

1 (2.6)

 Gastrointestinal/ pulmonary

27 (9.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (14.8)

22 (81.5)

1 (3.7)

 Asymptomatic

137 (45.6)

37 (27.0)

48 (35.1)

37 (27.0)

15 (10.9)

Diarrhea

 Yes

51 (17.0)

17 (33.3)

11 (21.6)

11 (21.6)

12 (23.5)

 No

249 (83.0)

65 (26.1)

68 (27.3)

91 (36.6)

25 (10.0)

Soil exposure

 Low

221 (73.7)

58 (26.3)

57 (25.8)

79 (35.7)

27 (12.2)

 High

79 (26.3)

24 (30.4)

22 (27.8)

23 (29.1)

10 (12.7)