Table 2.
Distribution of IPIs to sex in Chencha town primary school children, Southern Ethiopia, 2012
| Types of parasites |
Males |
Females |
Both sex |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | ||
|
Protozoans |
|
|
||
|
E.histolytica/dispar |
32 (49.3%) |
33 (50.7%) |
65 (16.25%) |
P > 0.05 |
|
Giardia lamblia |
22 (46.8%) |
25 (53.2%) |
47 (11.75%) |
P > 0.05 |
|
Helminths |
|
|
||
|
Ascaris lumbricoides |
117 (48.3%) |
125 (41.7%) |
242 (60.5%) |
P > 0.05 |
|
Trichuris trichiura |
15 (38.4%) |
24 (61.5%) |
39 (9.7%) |
P > 0.05 |
|
Taenia species |
1 (33.3%) |
2 (65.7%) |
3 (0.75%) |
P > 0.05 |
| Hookworm species |
2 (28.5%) |
7 (71.5%) |
9 (2.25%) |
P > 0.05 |
|
Hymenolepis nana |
3 (100.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
3 (0.75%) |
P > 0.05 |
| Total | 153 (47.3%) | 171 (52.7%) | 324 (81.0%) | P > 0.05 |
(P < 0.05) indicates statistically significant difference.