Table 2.

Prevalence of intestinal parasites in children of urban and rural zones on Tetouan by sex and age.

Parasite	Girls n(%)	Boys n(%)	p-value	[5,9) n(%)	[9,15) n(%)	p-value*
Blastocystis hominis	133 (65.2)	132 (59.7)	0.767288	137 (62)	128 (62.7)	0.051841
Giardia intestinalis	37 (18.1)	47 (21.3)	0.287636	47 (21.3)	37 (18.1)	0.943214
Cyclospora cayetanensis	13 (6.4)	9 (4.1)	0.359969	13 (5.9)	9 (4.4)	0.790192
Entamoeba coli	4 (2)	7 (3.2)	0.381176	5 (2.3)	6 (2.9)	0.464916
Chilomastix mesnili	3 (1.5)	6 (2.7)	0.330218	3 (1.4)	6 (2.9)	0.1623
Iodamoeba butschlii	1 (0.5)	3 (1.4)	0.327107	2 (0.9)	2 (1)	0.799717
Isospora belli	1 (0.5)	0	0.313701	1 (0.5)	0	0.380074
Enterobius vermicularis	3 (1.5)	4 (1.8)	0.725651	3 (1.4)	4 (1.8)	0.471547
Hymenolepis spp.	3 (1.5)	6 (2.7)	0.330218	4 (1.8)	5 (2.4)	0.470728
Ascaris lumbricoides	1 (0.5)	0	0.313701	0	1 (0.5)	0.257467
Trichuris trichiura	2 (1)	2 (0.9)	0.984548	3 (1.4)	1 (0.5)	0.451076

n: number of samples with parasites.

p-value: Mann-Whitney W test to compare sexes. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

^*p-value: Mann-Whitney W test to compare ages. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.