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. 2008 Sep 10;2(9):e293. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000293

Table 3. Impact of ivermectin treatment on geometric mean infection intensities (GMI) with A.lumbricoides and T.trichiura in 3,705 school-age children.

No-Treatment Ivermectin Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
1953 (52.7%) 1752 (47.3%) RR p RR* p
(95% CI) (95% CI)
STH infections
A. lumbricoides, GMI 33.71 30.24 1.88 (1.04–3.37) 0.036 1.51 (0.81–2.82) 0.190
T. trichiura, GMI 132.09 3.91 0.28 (0.18–0.43) <0.001 0.28 (0.11–0.70) 0.007

GMI, geometric mean intensity.

Rate ratios (RR) were calculated using zero-inflated binomial regression models and adjusted for age, sex and ivermectin treatments.