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Table 1 Concentrations of total aflatoxin, ochratoxin and DON in sampled food grains in households with (n = 38) and without (n = 46) children with NS

From: Is nodding syndrome in northern Uganda linked to consumption of mycotoxin contaminated food grains?

Mycotoxin

Median (interquartile range)

Mann–Whitney U Test

p value

Households with NS cases

Households without NS cases

Total aflatoxin

4.3 (0–9.2)

3.8 (0–7.8)

795

0.47

Total ochratoxin

1.7 (0.7–3.0)

1.7 (0.4–3.4)

858

0.88

DON

0.1 (0–0.6)

0.01 (0–0.5)

833

0.70