Gastrointestinal symptoms and knowledge and practice of pilgrims regarding food and water safety during the 2019 Hajj mass gathering

Table 5 Variables and food and water safety knowledge and practice scores

Variable		N	Knowledge score			Practice score
Variable		N	Median	IQR	p-value	Median	IQR	p-value
Gender	Male	845	0.75	0.50	< 0.0001	0.83	0.17	0.011
Gender	Female	487	1.00	0.25		0.83	0.17
Age	≤25	34	0.75	0.50	0.055	0.66	0.17	0.085
	26–45	440	0.75	0.25		0.83	0.17
	46–65	709	1.00	0.50		0.83	0.17
	< 65	130	0.75	0.50		0.83	0.17
Nationality	African	432	0.75	0.25	< 0.0001	0.83	0.33	< 0.0001
	Asian	622	0.75	0.50		0.83	0.17
	Middle East	232	1.00	0.25		0.83	0.17
	Others^a	39	1.00	0.25		1.00	0.17
GI symptoms	No	1230	0.75	0.50	0.005	0.83	0.17	0.006
GI symptoms	Yes	133	0.75	0.50		0.83	0.33

p-value for the Mann–Whitney U or Kruskal-Wallis test
N number of observations, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, GI gastrointestinal
^aEurope, USA, Australia and New Zealand

ISSN: 1471-2458