Table 3.
Sex related prevalence of intestinal parasites among study subjects in Gamo area
| Parasites detected |
Sex |
χ2 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male (n = 399) |
Female (n = 459) |
|||
| No (%) | No (%) | |||
|
E. histolytica/dispar |
37 (9.3) |
61 (13.3) |
3.40 |
0.065 |
|
G. lamblia |
43 (10.8) |
48 (10.5) |
0.02 |
0.880 |
|
A. lumbricoides |
20 (5.0) |
47 (10.2) |
8.10 |
0.004* |
|
H. nana |
4 (1.0) |
3 (0.7) |
0.32 |
0.571 |
| Hookworm |
25 (6.3) |
17 (3.7) |
3.01 |
0.083 |
|
S. mansoni |
1 (0.3) |
----- |
-- |
--- |
|
S. stercoralis |
28 (7.0) |
23 (5.0) |
1.54 |
0.215 |
|
Taenia spp |
8 (2.0) |
10 (2.2) |
3.62 |
0.057 |
| T. trichiura | 10 (2.5) | 14 (3.1) | 0.23 | 0.630 |
Key: * Represent statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).