Table 3.

Predictors of parasite burden in males and females based on the longitudinal data

		Males				Females
		β	SE	z	P	β	SE	z	P
Subulura	Intercept	−0.927	0.477	−1.945	0.052 a	−2.927	0.659	−4.440	<0.001 b
Prevalence	Season (ref. dry)	0.249	0.597	0.417	0.679	2.137	0.895	2.388	0.017
	Age	−0.205	0.354	−0.580	0.562	0.004	0.306	0.014	0.989
	Body mass	-	-	-	-	−1.013	0.460	−2.204	0.028
	Season *Age	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Season *Body mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trichuris	Intercept	-	-	-	-d	−2.219	0.529	−4.192	<0.001 c
prevalence	Season (ref. dry)	-	-	-	-	−0.931	0.908	−1.026	0.305
	Age	-	-	-	-	−0.455	0.351	−1.297	0.195
	Body mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Season *Age	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Season *Body mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hymenolepis	Intercept	−2.439	1.299	−1.878	0.060 e	−2.119	0.631	−3.359	<0.001 f
prevalence	Season (ref. dry)	−0.226	0.873	−0.259	0.796	0.785	0.604	1.300	0.194
	Age	−0.851	0.784	−1.085	0.278	−0.204	0.332	−0.613	0.540
	Body mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Season *Age	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Season *Body mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morphotype	Intercept	−0.430	0.267	−1.613	0.107 g	−1.259	0.312	−4.033	<0.001 h
richness	Season (ref. dry)	0.020	0.332	0.061	0.952	0.926	0.449	2.063	0.039
	Age	−0.188	0.192	−0.982	0.326	−0.102	0.155	−0.658	0.511
	Body mass	-	-	-	-	−0.419	0.221	−1.897	0.058
	Season *Age	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Season *Body mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^a N = 55 samples/20 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.065, R² _conditional = 0.065, σ² < 0.001

^b N = 95 samples/40 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.149, R² _conditional = 0.149, σ² < 0.001

^c N = 99 samples/40 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.143, R² _conditional = 0.143, σ² < 0.001

^dNo Trichuris infections in males

^e N = 55 samples/20 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.098, R² _conditional = 0.428, σ² = 1.897

^f N = 99 samples/40 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.033, R² _conditional = 0.304, σ² = 1.282

^g N = 49 samples/20 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.084, R² _conditional = 0.108, σ² = 0.023

^h N = 95 samples/40 individuals, R² _marginal = 0.095, R² _conditional = 0.132, σ² = 0.051

Predictions are based on the final models using repeated measures from the same individuals, after dropping interaction terms and body mass when non-significant at threshold P > 0.1 (empty cells). P-values for statistically significant results at the significance threshold P < 0.05 in bold