Table 1.
Age and sex distribution, and intestinal parasitic infections prevalence
| Total Population | Age groups (year) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 424 | <5 | 5-12 | >12 | ||
| n = 76 | n = 136 | n = 212 | |||
| Age (years, median, min-max) | 12.5 (0.2-80.0) | 2.0 (0.2-4.0) | 8.0 (5.0-12.0) | 30.0 (12.0-80.0) | - |
| Sex (female, %, 95 % CI) | 231 (54.5, 49.7-59.2) | 36 (47.4, 35.9-58.9) | 71 (52.2, 43.7-60.7) | 124 (58.5, 51.8-65.2) | - |
| Any helminth infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 391 (92.2, 89.7-94.8) | 64 (84.2, 75.8-92.6) | 134 (98.5, 95.3-1.00) | 194 (91.5, 87.7-95.3) | 0.002 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides (n, %, 95 % CI) | 279 (65.8, 61.2-70.3) | 44 (57.9, 46.5-69.3) | 98 (72.1, 64.4-79.7) | 137 (64.6, 58.1-71.1) | 0.10 |
| Hookworm (n, %, 95 % CI) | 227 (53.5, 48.8-58.3) | 27 (35.5, 24.5-46.5) | 87 (64.0, 55.8-72.1) | 113 (53.3, 46.5-60.1) | <0.001 |
| Trichuris trichiura (n, %, 95 % CI) | 256 (60.4, 55.7-65.1) | 36 (47.4, 35.9-58.9) | 99 (72.8, 65.2-80.4) | 121 (57.1, 50.4-63.8) | 0.001 |
| Taenia sp. (n, %, 95 % CI) | 3 (0.7, 0.1-1.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.4, 0.0-3.0) | 0.22 |
| Hymenolepis nana (n, %, 95 % CI) | 2 (0.5, 0.1-1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.9, 0.0-2.3) | 0.37 |
| Hymenolepis diminuta (n, %, 95 % CI) | 2 (0.2, 0.2-0.7) | 1 (1.3, 0.0-3.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.10 |
| Any protozoa infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 187 (44.1, 39.4-48.9) | 21 (27.6, 17.4-37.9) | 64 (47.1, 38.6-55.6) | 102 (48.1, 41.3-54.9) | 0.006 |
| Blastocytis hominis (n, %, 95 % CI) | 146 (34.4, 29.9-39.0) | 17 (22.4, 12.8-32.0) | 53 (39.0, 30.7-47.3) | 76 (35.8, 29.3-42.4) | 0.042 |
| Entamoeba histolytica (n, %, 95 % CI) | 76 (17.9, 14.3-21.6) | 6 (7.9, 1.7-14.1) | 26 (19.1, 12.4-25.8) | 44 (20.8, 15.3-26.3) | 0.039 |
| Giardia lamblia (n, %, 95 % CI) | 19 (4.5, 2.5-6.5) | 4 (5.3, 0.1-10.4) | 11 (8.1, 3.5-12.7) | 4 (1.9, 0.4-3.7) | 0.023 |
| Iodamoeba butchlii (n, %, 95 % CI) | 7 (1.7, 0.4-2.9) | 1 (1.3, 0.0-3.9 | 4 (2.9, 0.1-5.8) | 2 (0.9, 0.0-2.3) | 0.35 |
| Any infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 405 (95.5, 93.5-97.5) | 66 (86.8, 79.1-94.6) | 135 (99.3, 97.8-100) | 204 (96.2, 93.6-98.8) | <0.001 |
| 1 infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 83 (19.6, 15.8-23.4) | 24 (31.6, 20.9-42.3) | 16 (11.8, 6.3-17.3) | 43 (20.3, 14.8-25.7) | - |
| 2 infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 132 (31.1, 26.7-35.6) | 24 (31.6, 20.9-42.3) | 41 (30.1, 22.3-38.0) | 67 (31.6, 25.3-37.9) | - |
| 3 infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 116 (27.4, 23.1-31.6) | 12 (15.8, 7.4-24.2) | 47 (34.6, 26.5-42.7) | 57 (26.9, 20.9-32.9) | - |
| >3 infections (n, %, 95 % CI) | 74 (17.5, 13.8-21.1) | 6 (7.9, 1.7-14.1) | 31 (22.8, 15.7-29.9) | 37 (17.4, 12.3-22.6) | - |
95 % Confident interval was calculated with student t test. P value was calculated with Pearson chi-square, degree of freedom = 2. P < 0.05 is considered significant