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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study groups

From: Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Total

(n = 435) (%)

Diarrhoea

(n = 205) (%)

Non-Diarrhoea

(n = 230) (%)

ESBL- Positive

(n = 178) (%)

ESBL-EC (n = 163) (%)

ESBL-KP (n = 15) (%)

Age (months)

      

0–12

149 (34.3)

87 (58.4)

62 (42)

55 (37)

48 (32.2)

7 (4.7)

13–24

117 (26.9)

67 (57.3)

50 (21.7)

45 (38.5)

42 (35.9)

3 (2.5)

25–36

83 (19.1)

38 (45.8)

45 (19.6)

37 (44.6)

34 (41)

3 (3.6)

37–48

46 (10.6)

10 (21.7)

36 (15.7)

19 (41.3)

17 (37)

2 (4.3)

49–60

40 (9.2)

3 (7.5)

37 (16.1)

22 (55)

22 (55)

0 (0)

Sex

      

Male

227 (52.2)

120 (52.8)

107 (47.1)

90 (39.6)

82 (36.1)

8 (3.5)

Female

208 (47.8)

85 (40.8)

123 (59.1)

88 (42.3)

81 (38.9)

7 (3.3)