Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and practice relating to schistosomiasis in two subtypes of a mountainous region of the People’s Republic of China

Table 2 Medical records of the study population and the current prevalence

Medical record		Total	Yongle	Xinzhuang	χ ²	P-Value
Medical record		N = 2734	N = 1956	N = 778	χ ²	P-Value
Infected by schistosoma	Yes	39.4	42.1	32.6	22.6	<0.001
	No	59.7	56.9	66.7
	Unclear	0.9	1.0	0.6
Schistosomiasis type	Chronic	86.4	83.9	94.5	23.8	<0.001
	Acute	12.6	15.4	4
	Advanced	0.9	0.7	1.6
Treatment frequencies	0 times	0.8	0.6	1.3	75.4	<0.001
	1 – 3 times	39.4	32.8	62.1
	4 – 6 times	17.2	17.4	16.4
	7 times	42.7	49	20.2
Treatment based on	Stool positive	33.5	29.3	47.7	83.6	<0.001
	Blood positive	54.6	62.2	28.7
	Other	11.9	8.4	23.6
IHA	Positive	12.8	15.0	7.5	28.2	<0.001
Kato-Katz	Positive	0.8	0.3	1.4	8.14	0.004

Note: P-value highlighted in bold means the difference was statistically significant.
All values are percentages.

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