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Table 6 Link of parasitosis (positivity rate) with management policy and duration of T2DM

From: Association of urogenital and intestinal parasitic infections with type 2 diabetes individuals: a comparative study

Variable

Urogenital schistosomiasis

Intestinal parasitic infections

N (%)

P value

N (%)

P value

T2DM subgroups

Therapeutic (N = 125)

12 (9.8)

 

25 (20)

 

Nontherapeutic (N = 25)

2 (8)

1.000f

6 (24)

0.652

Duration of T2DM

1–6 Years (N = 105)

5 (4.8)

 

21 (20)

 

7-12 Years (N = 26)

6 (23.1)

0.009f

6 (23.1)

0.950f

13-18 Years (N = 19)

3 (15.8)

 

4 (21.1)

 
  1. The statitsical difference in the positivity rate of parasitic infections was assessed by the Pearson chi-square test and Fisher exact testf. N Number, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus