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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