Table 5 Living conditions of participants
From: Risk factors of dengue fever in an urban area in Vietnam: a case-control study
Dengue patients (%) | Control patients (%) | All (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Living district a | ||||
Central urban | 46 (46.9%) | 34 (34.3%) | 80 (40.6%) | < 0.001 |
Peripheral | 41 (41.8%) | 24 (24.2%) | 65 (33%) | |
Peri urban | 11 (11.2%) | 41 (41.4%) | 52 (26.4%) | |
Number of people living with c | ||||
Mean ± SD | 3.6 ± 1.7 | 3.8 ± 1.5 | 3.7 ± 1.6 | 0.314 |
Area of living (m2) c | ||||
Mean (± SD) | 54.8 ± 57.5 | 72.5 ± 69.9 | 64.1 ± 64.7 | 0.004 |
Livestock keeping b | ||||
Yes | 3 (3.1%) | 7 (7.1%) | 10 (5.1%) | 0.331 |
No | 95 (96.9%) | 92 (92.9%) | 187 (94.9%) | |
Pet keeping a | ||||
Yes | 17 (17.3%) | 21 (21.2%) | 38 (19.3%) | 0.612 |
No | 78 (78.8%) | 81 (82.7%) | 159 (80.7%) | |
Storing water in the tank without lid b | ||||
Yes | 2 (4.1%) | 7 (7.4%) | 9 (5.2%) | 0.183 |
No | 77 (97.5%) | 87 (92.6%) | 164 (94.8%) | |
Storing water in the buckets/barrels a | ||||
Yes | 9 (11.4%) | 14 (14.9%) | 23 (13.3%) | 0.652 |
No | 70 (88.6%) | 80 (85.1%) | 150 (86.7%) | |
Vegetation a | ||||
Abundant vegetation | 25 (25.5%) | 24 (24.2%) | 49 (24.9%) | 0.966 |
Some vegetation | 30 (30.6%) | 32 (32.3%) | 62 (31.5%) | |
Little vegetation | 18 (18.4%) | 20 (20.2%) | 38 (19.3%) | |
No vegetation | 25 (25.5%) | 23 (23.2%) | 48 (24.4%) | |