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Table 1 Demographic information of study population investigated

From: Evaluation of the diagnostic potential of urinary N-Acetyltyramine-O,β-glucuronide (NATOG) as diagnostic biomarker for Onchocerca volvulus infection

Characteristic

Group

Nodule positive

Endemic controls

Non-endemic controls

Lymphatic filariasis

No. of subjects

98

50

18

51

Age, median (Min-Max)

47 (21–85)

35 (18–81)

25 (13–52)

33 (18–68)

Gender, n (%)

    

Male

53 (53)

25 (50)

12 (67)

37 (73)

Female

45 (47)

25 (40)

6 (33)

14 (27)

No. of nodules, median (Min-Max)

1 (1–5)

0

na

na

mf status, n (%)

    

0 mf/mg

87 (89)

50 (100)

na

na

0–5 mf/mg

10 (9)

0 (0)

na

na

5–10 mf/mg

1 (1)

0 (0)

na

na

No. of IVM rounds, median (Min-Max)

2 (0–10)

0 (0–1)

na

na

Time since last ivermectin treatment, n (%)

na

Not treated

17 (17)

33 (66)

na

na

< 20 months

67 (68)

5 (10)

na

na

> 20 months

14 (14)

12 (24)

na

na

Ov16 status, n (%)

    

Positive

68 (69)

25 (50)

0 (0)

12 (24)a

Negative

30 (31)

25 (50)

18 (100)

38 (75)

  1. aFor one LF subject, no Ov16 status has been determined