Table 1.
Baseline and posttreatment prevalences of demographic traits and findings
| Type | Trait | Baseline (N = 201) | Posttreatment (N = 180) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | N | % | n | N | % | ||
| Age | < 2.5 years | 32 | 198 | 16.2 | 7 | 180 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 years ≤ age < 4 years | 89 | 198 | 44.9 | 79 | 180 | 43.9 | |
| Age ≥ 4 years | 69 | 198 | 34.8 | 88 | 180 | 48.9 | |
| Unable to confirm | 8 | 198 | 4.0 | 6 | 180 | 3.3 | |
| Schistosomiasis-infected | 159 | 198 | 80.3 | − | − | − | |
| Infection status | Egg−/Ab+ | 70 | 198 | 35.4 | − | − | − |
| Egg+ | 89 | 198 | 44.9 | 62 | 180 | 34.4 | |
| Egg+, Ab+ | 80 | 198 | 40.4 | − | − | − | |
| Egg+, Ab– | 9 | 198 | 4.5 | − | − | − | |
| Light intensity (< 100 EPG*) | 41 | 198 | 20.7 | 34 | 180 | 18.9 | |
| Medium intensity (100–400 EPG) | 28 | 198 | 14.1 | 19 | 180 | 10.6 | |
| Heavy intensity (> 400 EPG) | 20 | 198 | 10.1 | 9 | 180 | 5.0 | |
| Malaria | (Smear) 7 | 198 | 3.5 | (Smear) 30 | 180 | 16.7 | |
| (RDT) 70 | 180 | 38.9 | |||||
| Hepatitis B (surface antigen) | 2 | 190 | 1.1 | − | − | − | |
| Liver pattern | Liver IPB | 30 | 200 | 15.0 | 36 | 180 | 20.0 |
| Morbidities | Anemia | 161 | 196 | 82.1 | 106 | 173 | 61.3 |
| Undernutrition* | 44 | 182 | 24.2 | 39 | 166 | 23.5 | |
| Left lobe hepatomegaly† | 91 | 182 | 50.0 | 99 | 152 | 65.1 | |
| Right-lobe atrophy† | 3 | 177 | 1.7 | 1 | 149 | 0.7 | |
| Splenomegaly† | 54 | 185 | 29.2 | 66 | 158 | 41.8 | |
| Serum findings | Elevated AST (> 37 units/L) | 155 | 180 | 86.1 | − | − | − |
| Mild (< 148 units/L) | 154 | 180 | 85.6 | − | − | − | |
| Moderate/severe (≥ 148 units/L) | 1 | 180 | 0.1 | − | − | − | |
| Elevated ALT (> 42 units/L) | 3 | 180 | 1.7 | − | − | − | |
| Elevated bilirubin (> 17 μmol/L) | 4 | 180 | 2.2 | − | − | − | |
ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartine aminotransferase; EPG = eggs per gram; IPB = image pattern B.
*
Undernutrition = weight for age, height for age, or weight for height < −2 standard deviations below mean (WHO).
†
Organomegaly = span > 2 standard deviations above mean for height as determined by Yazadanpanah and others.