Characteristics | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | P |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
 Male | 6 (4.1) | 139 (95.9) | 0.162 |
 Female | 2 (1.3) | 153 (98.7) | |
Age (years) | |||
 < 20 | 0 (0.0) | 16 (100.0) | 0.052 |
 20−40 | 1 (2.2) | 44 (97.8) | |
 41−60 | 0 (0.0) | 114 (100.0) | |
 60+ | 7 (5.6) | 118 (94.4) | |
Living area | |||
 Rural | 4 (4.1) | 94 (95.9) | 0.445 |
 Urban | 4 (2.0) | 198 (98.0) | |
Occupation | |||
 Housewife | 2 (1.6) | 127 (98.4) | 0.002 |
 Farmer | 4 (12.5) | 28 (87.5) | |
 Worker | 2 (7.7) | 24 (92.3) | |
 Fisherman | 0 (0.0) | 22 (100.0) | |
 Student | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100.0) | |
 Other | 0 (0.0) | 78 (100.0) | |
Diseases | |||
 Cancer | 0 (0.0) | 46 (100.0) | 0.032 |
 Uncontrolled diabetes | 1 (1.2) | 81 (98.8) | |
 Autoimmune diseases | 1 (1.9) | 52 (98.1) | |
 Hematological malignancy | 1 (3.0) | 32 (97.0) | |
 Asthma and COPD | 5 (10.2) | 44 (89.8) | |
 Transplant | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) | |
 Other | 0 (0.0) | 28 (100.0) | |
Clinical symptoms | |||
 Gastrointestinal | 1 (1.0) | 97 (99.0) | 0.017 |
 Pulmonary | 2 (5.3) | 36 (94.7) | |
 Gastrointestinal/pulmonary | 3 (11.1) | 24 (88.9) | |
 Asymptomatic | 2 (1.5) | 135 (98.5) | |
Eosinophilia | |||
 Yes | 7 (15.2) | 39 (84.4) | 0.001 |
 No | 1 (0.8) | 128 (99.2) | |
Soil exposure | |||
 Low | 2 (0.9) | 219 (99.1) | 0.002 |
 High | 6 (7.6) | 73 (92.4) | |
Diagnostic method | |||
 DSE | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 0.001 |
 FECT | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | |
 BFT | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | |
 ELISA | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |