Table 1.
Magnitude of intestinal helminths a in malaria patients and malaria free apparently healthy controls (numbers given in brackets percentages)
|
Type of helminths |
Malaria |
No malaria |
Total |
OR |
P
† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 197) | (N = 216) | (N = 413) | (95%CI)# | ||
|
T. trichiura |
119 (63.6) |
98 (58.0) |
217 (61.0) |
1.361 (1.119, 1.655) |
0.002 |
|
A. lumbricoides |
98 (52.4) |
98 (58.0) |
196 (55.1) |
1.147 (0.780, 1.687) |
1.147 |
|
S. mansoni |
52 (27.8) |
43 (25.4) |
95 (26.7) |
1.137 (0.976, 1.326) |
1.137 |
| Hookworm | 23 (12.3) | 19 (11.2) | 42 (11.8) | 1.086 (0.926, 1.275) | 1.086 |
a:because of multiple infection the total is not summed up to 100; OR = Odds ratio; #CI = Confidence interval; † = P value.