Assessment of Etiology of Elephantiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors in Jeldu District, West Shoa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Type and sites swelling of elephantiasis cases (n = 77) in Jeldu district, West Shoa, Ethiopia.

	Elephantiasis			value
	Podo (n = 73) n (%)	LF (n = 4) n (%)	Total (n = 77) n (%)
Sex
Male	48 (62.3)	1 (1.3)	49 (63.6)
Female	25 (32.5)	3 (3.9)	28 (36.4)	0.01
Site of swelling
Bilateral below knee	64 (83.1)	2 (2.6)	66 (85.7)	≤0.001
Unilateral below knee	8 (10.4)	2 (2.6)	10 (13)
Unilateral above knee	1 (1.3)	0 (0)	1 (1.3)
Type of swelling
Fibrotic (hard)	67 (87)	4 (5.2)	71 (92.2)	≤0.001
Watery (soft)	6 (7.8)	0 (0)	6 (7.8)