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. 2013 Nov 6;89(5):875–883. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0237

Table 4.

Estimate effect comparing helminth infection among pupils in schools that received hygiene promotion, sanitation, safe water treatment provision compared with control schools for each follow-up round in Nyanza Province, Kenya 2007–2009

Variable A. lumbricoides T. trichiura Hookworm S. mansoni
Estimate 95% CI P Estimate 95% CI P Estimate 95% CI P Estimate 95% CI P
Prevalence OR OR OR OR
 Follow-up 1 0.68 0.41–1.14 0.14 0.74 0.32–1.68 0.47 0.52 0.27–1.00 0.05 1.05 0.44–2.52 0.90
 Follow-up 2 0.48 0.22–1.06 0.07 0.86 0.46–1.63 0.65 1.27 0.71–2.23 0.41 1.52 0.39–5.95 0.54
Egg count RR RR RR RR
 Follow-up 1 0.38 0.14–1.02 0.06 1.22 0.44–3.34 0.69 0.77 0.31–1.91 0.57 1.04 0.37–2.96 0.93
 Follow-up 2 0.32 0.12–0.82 0.02 0.35 0.12–1.04 0.06 0.48 0.15–1.48 0.19 0.47 0.13–1.64 0.23

OR = odds ratio; RR = rate ratio. Models controlled for school-aggregated baseline egg counts.