Table 1. Prevalence of STH infections according to gender and age groups among indigenous longhouse communities.

		STH Infections
Variables	N	A. lumbricoides				Hookworms				T. trichiura
		n	%	95% CI	p value	n	%	95% CI	p value	n	%	95% CI	p value
Gender
Male	155	37	23.9	17.4–31.4		34	21.9	15.7–29.3		24	15.5	10.2–22.2
Female	186	46	24.7	18.7–31.6	0.854	41	22.0	16.3–28.7	0.981	25	13.4	9.0–19.2	0.592
Age
1 to 6	39	8	20.5	9.3–36.5		8	20.5	9.3–36.5		4	10.3	2.9–24.2
7 to 12	91	21	23.1	14.9–33.1		22	24.2	15.8–34.3		12	13.2	7.0–21.9
13 to 17	18	3	16.7	3.6–41.4		0	0.0	0.0–18.5		2	11.1	1.4–34.7
> 18	193	51	26.4	20.4–33.2	0.841	45	22.0	18.0–30.0	0.233	31	16.1	11.2–22.0	0.252
Total		83	24.3	20.2–30.0		75	22.0	17.7–26.8		49	14.4	10.8–18.6

N: Total number examined; n: Number positive with STH infections