Socio-demographic variable | mean ± SD/number of patients (%) n = 234 | Remarks |
Mean age Age range Sex distribution Male Female M:F Occupation Farmers Civil servant Business man House wife Student Driver Clergyman Butcher Mechanic | 48.4 ± 14.1 years 3 - 106 years
219 (91.5%) 20 (8.5%) 11:1
145 (62.0%) 29 (12.4%) 28 (12.0%) 18 (7.7%) 6 (2.6%) 4 (1.7%) 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) | Farming was the commonest occupation and these patients had schistosomiasis in the childhood which was poorly treated |