Table 2. Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths among Orang Asli according to age groups, gender and tribes.
| Overall (n = 500) | Negrito (n = 139) | Senoi (n = 211) | Proto-Malay (n = 150) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.t | A.l | Hw | T.t | A.l | Hw | T.t | A.l | Hw | T.t | A.l | Hw | |
| Age groups (years) | ||||||||||||
| <15 | 146 | 75 | 13 | 63 | 21 | 5 | 52 | 51 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 3 |
| ≥15 | 139 | 44 | 24 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 37 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 8 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 127 | 46 | 14 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 31 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 7 |
| Female | 158 | 73 | 23 | 58 | 14 | 9 | 59 | 57 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 285 | 119 | 37 | 113 | 24 | 14 | 105 | 88 | 12 | 67 | 7 | 11 |
| Percentage (%) | 57 | 23.8 | 7.4 | 81.3 | 17.3 | 10.1 | 49.8 | 41.7 | 5.7 | 44.7 | 4.7 | 7.3 |
T.t = Trichuris trichiura.
A.l = Ascaris lumbricoides.
Hw = Hookworm.