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Table 5 Self-reported adverse health symptoms by sufficiency of emergency water supply in Ogale

From: Petroleum contaminated water and health symptoms: a cross-sectional pilot study in a rural Nigerian community

 

Sufficiency of water supply (n (%))

Sufficient

Insufficient

No supply

Health symptom

(n = 12)

(n = 12)

(n = 76)

Irritation*

1 (8.3)

8 (66.7)

38 (50.0)

Neurologic

3 (25.0)

8 (66.7)

29 (38.2)

Gastrointestinal*

1 (8.3)

6 (50.0)

10 (13.2)

Hematologic

3 (25.0)

5 (41.7)

22 (30.0)

General pain

1 (8.3)

1 (8.3)

6 (7.9)

  1. *Differences in proportions are statistically significant at P < 0.05 using chi-square analyses