Table 3.

Models describing the egg output of Ascaris lumbricoides as polynomials of the mean weight of female worms

Population	Model order polynomial	Maximum log-likelihood	LRS	p-value	AIC
Baseline	1st	-10.68	-	-	27.37
	2nd	4.71	30.80	<0.0001	-1.43
	3rd†	11.22	13.02	0.00031	-12.45
1st re-infection	1st	-12.98	-	-	31.97
	2nd†	2.96	31.88	<0.0001	2.09
	3rd	3.88	1.84	0.17	2.25
2nd re-infection	1st	-12.14	-	-	30.29
	2nd	0.0043	24.30	<0.0001	7.99
	3rd†	3.68	7.34	0.0067	2.65

Comparison of models describing the per host net egg output of Ascaris as polynomial functions of the per host mean weight of female worms. Analyses were performed on grouped mean data (see text) using standard GLM procedures. ^† denotes the best-fit model in each population.