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Table 1 Sociodemography of participants

From: Multi-drug resistant bacteria isolates from lymphatic filariasis patients in the Ahanta West District, Ghana

Variables

N

%

SD

Mean

Variables

N

%

Variables

N

%

Age

   

Dimension of wound

  

Appearance of wound

 

18–30

6

10.00

2.53

21.00

0–5 cm

39

52.00

Moist

41

54.67

31–40

18

30.00

2.48

35.39

6–10 cm

7

9.33

Dry

34

45.33

41–50

20

33.33

2.64

45.30

 > 15 cm

29

38.67

   

51–60

16

26.67

3.24

54.88

   

Participants with signs/symptoms of wounds (N = 55)

 

60

100.00

10.67

42.45

     
     

Age of wound (month)

 

Pain

  

Sex

   

 < 1

13

17.33

Yes

38

69.09

Male

18

30.00

  

1–2

14

18.67

No

17

30.91

Female

42

70.00

  

3–6

10

13.33

   
     

 > 7

38

50.67

Swelling

  
        

Yes

30

54.55

Marital status

   

Signs of infection

 

No

25

45.45

Single

50

83.33

  

Yes

55

73.33

   

Married

10

16.67

  

No

20

26.67

Pus

  
        

Yes

28

50.91

Employment status

    

Leg staging

 

No

27

49.09

Farming

22

36.67

  

I

2

3.33

   

Fishing

18

30.00

  

II

10

16.67

Redness

  

Unemployed

20

33.33

  

III

22

36.67

Yes

26

47.27

     

IV

9

15.00

No

29

52.73

Cause of wound

   

V

8

13.33

   

Underlying condition

53

70.67

  

VI

8

13.33

Smell

  

Trauma

15

20.00

  

VII

1

1.67

Yes

29

52.73

Unknown

7

9.33

     

No

26

47.27

  1. Key: SD Standard deviation, M Mean, N Number of participants, % Percentage