Table 2.
Nutritional, hematologic, and allergic characteristics by age and residence groups.
| Study group | Rural |
Urban |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–9 months (N = 29) | 22–26 months (N = 37) | 48–60 months (N = 45) | 6–9 months (N = 34) | 22–26 months (N = 43) | 48–60 months (N = 52) | |
| Age | ||||||
| Median | 7 | 24 | 56 | 8 | 25 | 53 |
| Weight (kg) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 7.8 (6.0–9.4) | 12.0 (8.3–14.6) | 16.8 (13.3–43.1) | 7.5 (5.7–9.6) | 11.3 (8.6–14.5) | 15.5 (12.8–19.3) |
| Hematocrit (%) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 36 (30–42) | 38 (31–44) | 38 (32–43) | 36 (30–40) | 38 (32–45) | 38 (34–44) |
| White cell count (× 106 cells/mL) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 7700 (4900–15200) | 7600 (4600–14700) | 6900 (5000–18300) | 7350 (5000–13200) | 7100 (4000–14100) | 7000 (4800–12000) |
| Lymphocyte count (× 106 cells/mL) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 5126 (864–8873) | 4690 (1610–8512) | 3762 (2000–6489) | 5522 (2856–11220) | 3740 (2160–6345) | 3286 (1120–5928) |
| Neutrophil count (× 106 cells/mL) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 2156 (588–8512) | 2392 (690–6786) | 2871 (672–12078) | 1739 (584–4617) | 3108 (1120–6100) | 3483 (637–8512) |
| Eosinophil count (× 106 cells/mL) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 62 (0–304) | 156 (0–1496) | 121 (0–1700) | 63 (0–396) | 100 (0–2961) | 129 (0–714) |
| Geohelminths (%) | a2 | a2 | a2 | a6 | a1 | |
| Any infection | 3.6% | 62.2% | 53.5% | 9.4% | 35.1% | 43.1% |
| A. lumbricoides | 0% | 37.8% | 20.9% | 0% | 22.9% | 22.5% |
| T. Trichiura | 0% | 59.5% | 53.5% | 3.6% | 20.0% | 36.7% |
| S. stercoralis | 0% | 0% | 2.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SPT (%) | a *8 | a *5 | a *13 | a *4 | a *8 | a *9 |
| Any allergen | 0% | 3.1% | 9.4% | 3.3% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| House dust mite | 0% | 3.1% | 9.4% | 0% | 11.4% | 8.3% |
| Others | 0% | 0% | 6.3% | 3.3% | 0% | 2.1% |
| Wheeze, past 12 months (%) | 34.5% | 29.7% | 17.8% | 29.4% | 45.2% | 17.6% |
SPT—allergen skin prick test reactivity, Wheeze, past 12 months—episode of wheeze within past 12 months.
a
Missing values.