Table 1.
Prevalence and intensity (EPG) of geohelminth infection at baseline
| Males | Females | M/F Ratio* (95%CI or P) | |
| n = | 445 | 572 | |
| Median Age (Inter quartile range) | 11.2 (10.1–12.3) | 10.7 (9.7–11.8) | |
| Prevalence (%) | |||
| Hookworm | 86.5 | 80.6 | 1.07 (1.02 to 1.13) |
| A. lumbricoides | 15.7 | 22.2 | 0.71 (0.54 to 0.92) |
| T. trichiura | 57.3 | 57.2 | 1.00 (0.90 to 1.12) |
| Mean Intensity (EPG)† | |||
| Hookworm | 984 | 792 | 1.24 (P < 0.001) |
| A. lumbricoides | 876 | 2948 | 0.30 (P = 0.008) |
| T. trichiura | 240 | 332 | 0.72 (P = 0.671) |
* Male to Female ratios for prevalence and mean intensity of infection and 95% confidence interval (for prevalence) or P-value of 2-sided Mann-Whitney-U-test (for differences in mean EPG). † Arithmetic mean EPG including uninfected pupils.