Table 5.

Clinical symptoms Vs presence of any intestinal parasite in school children, Jimma Gilgel Gibe area, Southwest Ethiopia, 2008.

Variable		Total		Positive for any intestinal parasite
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	P-value
Previous history of abdominal pain
	Yes	695	81.3	334	82.3%	>0.05
	No	160	18.7	72	17.7%
Current history of abdominal pain						>0.05
	Yes	351	41.1	159	39.2%
	No	504	58.9	247	60.8%
Previous history of diarrhea
	Yes	559	65.4	268	66.0%	>0.05
	No	296	34.6	138	34.0%
Previous history of bloody diarrhea
	Yes	103	12.0	53	13.1%	>0.05
	No	752	88.0	353	86.9%
Current diarrhea
	Yes	111	13.0	58	14.3%	>0.05
	No	743	86.9	348	85.7%
Current bloody diarrhea
	yes	20	2.3	10	2.5%	>0.05
	No	835	97.7	396	97.5%