Demographic characteristics of the Study Population
Dongting Lake region in Hunan province is one of the most highly endemic
for schistosomiasis japonica in history, but to now infection is under
control. In this study, we included 135 patients with schistosomiasis
from the Dongting Lake region in Changde City, Hunan province, including
84 with chronic schistosomiasis and 51 with advanced schistosomiasis.
And 24 healthy volunteers were included in the control group. The
demographic characteristics of different groups included in this study
were shown in Table 1 . The median age of infected participants
and healthy volunteers was 58, 63 and 59 years old. No significant
differences were observed between different groups.