Table 2.

The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites in diarrheal (cases) and nondiarrheal (controls) children.

Parasites	Children with diarrhea and GI problem n (%)	Children without diarrhea and GI problem n (%)	P values
Protozoan
G. lamblia	18 (15.65)	4 (3.48)	0.0019*
Cryptosporidium spp	11 (9.56)	2 (1.74)	0.0109*
E. histolytica/dispar	5 (4.35)	2 (1.74)	0.2506
Helimenths
A. lumbricoides	19 (16.5)	11 (9.56)	0.1194
H. nana	2 (1.74)	1 (0.87)	0.5616
H. worm	5 (4.35)	3 (2.61)	0.4723
T. trichuria	4 (3.48)	4 (3.48)	1.000
S. stercoralis	1 (0.87)	0 (0)	0.3172
Total	57 (49.56)	27 (23.47)	0.0000*

^*Significance difference at P < 0.05.

GI: Gastro intestinal.