Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (N = 272)
Variables | Frequency, N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Endemic healthy control (N = 76) | Other than VL disease (N = 86) | VL (N = 110) | |
Sex | |||
Male | 45 (59) | 59 (69) | 81 (74) |
Female | 31 (41) | 27 (31) | 29 (26) |
Age | |||
< 15 | 0 (0) | 7 (8.1) | 0 (0) |
15–30 | 58 (76.3) | 46 (53.5) | 66 (60) |
30–45 | 16 (21.1) | 23 (26.7) | 43 (39.1) |
45–55 | 4.2 (2.6) | 9 (10.5) | 1 (0.9) |
> 55 | 0 (0) | 1(1.2 | 0 (0) |
Occupation | |||
Own agriculture | 20 (26) | 17 (20) | 30 (27.2) |
Agricultural laborer | 11 (15) | 2 (2) | 38 (34.5) |
Civil servants | 23 (30) | 19 (22) | 13 (11.8) |
Other | 22 (29) | 48 (56) | 29 (26.4) |
Educational status | |||
Illiterate | 23 (30.3) | 29 (33.7) | 49 (44.5) |
Primary school | 21 (27.6) | 17 (19.8) | 39 (35.5) |
Above Secondary | 16 (21) | 31 (36) | 13 (11.8) |
Degree and above | 16 (21) | 9 (10.5) | 09 (8.2) |
Clinical presentation | |||
Fever > 2 week | 0 (0) | 43 (26.5) | 87 (79) |
Splenomegaly | 0 (0) | 04 (4.7) | 97 (88.5) |
Weight loss | 0 (0) | 11 (13) | 76 (69) |
Hepatosplenomegaly | 0 (0) | 09 (10.) | 54 (49) |