Table 2 |
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Demographic data of all interviewees or patients' guardians at interview (datashown as number (%) unless indicated) |
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Variables |
Cases (n = 50) |
Controls (n = 50) |
P-value |
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Age (year) a |
35.0 (32.2–37.4) |
32.6 (30.2–34.8) |
0.19 |
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Sex: Male/Female |
15/35 |
8/42 |
0.09 |
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Ethnicity: |
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Lao Loom |
43 (86%) |
43 (86%) |
1.00 |
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Lao Sung |
5 (10%) |
7 (14%) |
- |
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Lao Theung |
2 (4%) |
0 |
- |
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Know at least one signs or symptoms of measles |
33 (66%) |
31 (62%) |
0.68 |
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Consider measles as dangerous |
41 (82%) |
31 (62%) |
0.03 |
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Would isolate patients with measles |
10 (20%) |
17 (34%) |
0.11 |
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a Mean (95% CI) |
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Mayxay et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:193 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-193 |
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