Table 4. Comparison of regional, household and individual factors influencing STH reinfection of Panamanian preschool children¹.

	Cycle 1			Cycle 2
		Ascaris			Ascaris		Hookworm
	n	Infected	Uninfected	n	Infected	Uninfected	Infected	Uninfected
Regional Factors
Residence in high prevalence cluster, %		-	-	144			41(25–58)	20(14–29)*
Household Factors
Household Density, km 2	131	45±9	31±3	144	31±9	35±3	39±7	33±3
Wealth Index, HWI 2	128	0.17±0.13	0.20±0.07	140	−0.06±0.16	0.16±0.06	0.06±0.1	0.16±0.06
Mother's Education, yrs	131	3.1±0.7	3.5±0.3	143	2.1±0.8	3.7±0.33	3.5±0.7	3.5±0.3
# People/Room	123	5.3±0.6	5.2±0.3	143	5.5±0.6	5.5±0.2	5.8±0.5	5.5±0.3
Individual Factors
Cycle 1 Baseline Infection, epg	122	10463±3119	1737±478**	172	2895±1549	612±193*	91±39	4±2**
Age, mo	155	32±2	31±1	200	22±3	27±1	29±2	25±1
Female, %	155	48(33–65)	52(44–61)	200	45(27–65)	52(45–59)	47(33–61)	53(45–61)
Height for age
Z score	130	−2.8±0.2	−2.6±0.1	170	−2.6±0.2	−2.4±0.1	−2.6±0.2	−2.4±0.08
Stunting, %	130	84(67–93)	70(60–78)	170	78(54–92)	70(63–77)	77(61–88)	70(61–77)
Latrine use, %	135	9(2–24)	18(11–26)	185	10(2–31)	15(10–21)	12(5–26)	15(10–22)

¹Summary statistics presented are mean ±SEM or % (95% CL).

²Asset based index, weights derived from the first component of Principle Components Analysis.

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.001.