TABLE 2.

Profiles of individuals not reverting to periportal fibrosis and of those reverting to a nondetectable or lower level of periportal fibrosis

Parameter	Reverting subjects	Nonreverting subjects	P valuea
Total no. of subjects	26	17
Mean age ± SD	57 ± 13	43 ± 17	0.010
Mean eggb count ± SD	40 ± 89	213 ± 345	0.037
Prevalence of infection	42%	65%	0.151
No. (%) of females	10 (38)	9 (53)	0.350
No. (%) of males	16 (62)	8 (47)
Mean eggb count (females) ± SD	5 ± 9	322 ± 450	0.057
Mean eggb count (males) ± SD	63 ± 109	90 ± 88	0.452

^aSignificance levels based on χ² test (categorical variables) or Mann-Whitney tests (continuous variables). The minimum accepted significance level was P < 0.05.

^bS. mansoni eggs.