Table 3.
STH infection intensity at baseline and 21 months (individual analysis).
| Eggs per gram in stool at baseline mean epg (SD) |
Eggs per gram in stool 21 months mean epg (SD) |
Difference in eggs per gram stool Incident rate ratio (95% CI) p |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVM-I | IVM-II | IVM-I | IVM-II | IVM-Ia | IVM-IIa | IVM-II vs IVM-Ib | |
| T. trichiura | 253 (794) | 648 (1484) | 65.8 (101) | 102 (147) | 0.28 (0.11–0.70)p = 0.0070 | 0.18 (0.08–0.40) p < 0.001 | 0.65 (0.20–2.16) p = 0.48 |
| N. americanus | 754 (1526) | 1040 (2010) | 924 (1938) | 854 (1925) | 1.28 (0.86–1.91) p = 0.23 | 0.83 (0.56–1.22) p = 0.34 | 0.71 (0.40–1.25) p = 0.23 |
| A. lumbricoides | 33,713 (0) | 58,375 (130,527) | 46.5 (37.6) | 7232 (11,847) | NA | NA | NA |
NA, not applicable due to insufficient observations. Bold text indicates a statistically significant difference at the alpha level of 0.05.
a
Reference category: baseline timepoint.
b
Reference category: baseline timepoint and IVM-I group.