Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants with and without trachomatous disease
From: The conjunctival microbiome in health and trachomatous disease: a case control study
| Variable | Clinical signs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Controls | Total | ||
| Age | ≤10years | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| >10years | 86 | 84 | 170 | |
| Sex | Female | 75 | 72 | 147 |
| Male | 40 | 33 | 73 | |
| Season | Dry | 63 | 63 | 126 |
| Wet | 52 | 42 | 94 | |
| Region | Banjul | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Western Division | 57 | 56 | 113 | |
| Lower River Division | 35 | 27 | 62 | |
| Central River Division | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Upper River Division | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| North Bank Division | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Ethnicity | Wolof | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Mandinka | 41 | 38 | 79 | |
| Jola | 36 | 35 | 71 | |
| Fula | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Serere | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Manjago | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Balanta | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bambara | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other/Unknown | 7 | 9 | 16 | |