Table 1 Socio-demographic and environmental variables, and azithromycin treatment history of children aged 1–9 years at Gurage zone Cheha district in October 2008, n = 768
Variable | Â | Active trachoma (TF) | Chi square test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Total n (%) | Â |
Sex | Male | 93 (12.1) | 298 (38.8) | 391 (50.9) | P = 0.502 |
| Â | Female | 82 (10.7) | 295 (38.4) | 377 (49.1) | Â |
| Â | Total | 175 (22.8) | 593 (77.2) | 768 (100) | Â |
Age | 1 | 3 (0.4) | 16 (2.1) | 19 (2.5) | P = 0.002 |
| Â | 2 | 6 (0.8) | 19 (2.50) | 25 (3.3) | Â |
| Â | 3 | 18 (2.35) | 18 (2.35) | 36 (4.7) | Â |
| Â | 4 | 24 (3.1) | 8 (1.0) | 32 (4.1) | Â |
| Â | 5 | 37 (4.85) | 11 (1.45) | 48 (6.3) | Â |
| Â | 6 | 39 (5.1) | 70 (9.1) | 109 (14.2) | Â |
| Â | 7 | 25 (3.2) | 131 (17.1) | 156 (20.3) | Â |
| Â | 8 | 14 (1.8) | 194 (25.2) | 208 (27.0) | Â |
| Â | 9 | 9 (1.2) | 126 (16.4) | 135 (17.6) | Â |
| Â | Total | 175 (22.8) | 593 (77.2) | 768 (100) | Â |
Past Azithromycin treatment | Never | 53 (6.9) | 40 (5.2) | 93 (12.1) | P = 0.001 |
| Â | Once | 57 (7.4) | 29 (3.8) | 86 (11.2) | Â |
| Â | Two times | 42 (5.5) | 44 (5.7) | 86 (11.2) | Â |
| Â | Three Times | 23 (3.0) | 480 (62.5) | 503 (65.5) | Â |
| Â | Total | 175 (22.8) | 593 (77.2) | 768 (100) | Â |