Table 1.

Age and sex of the study population and prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma haematobium infection at baseline

n =	Males 510	Females 599	Male/Female Ratio	95%CI or P-value
Median age (inter-quartile range)	11.3 (9.8–12.2)	10.7 (9.7–11.5)	-	-
Prevalence (%)	65.9	70.3	0.937	0.864–1.017
Age adjusted prevalence ratio*	-	-	0.896	0.828–0.969
Prevalence of infections >= 50EPC in %	36.7	39.6	0.927	0.797–1.078
Geometric mean EPC incl. uninfected	14.3	17.8	0.805	p = 0.151†

*Mantel-Haenszel age adjusted male/female prevalence ratio

^†Two-sided P-value of two samples Wilcoxon ranksum test with ties