TABLE 2.

Prevalence of Dientamoeba fragilis in children attending day care centers in Copenhagen, Denmark, by reported symptoms during the previous 2 months

Description	Total no.a	Positive		95% CIb	P value
		No.	%
At least one symptom	74	47	63.5	52.1–73.9	0.25
No symptoms	66	48	72.7	61.1–82.4
Lack of appetite	42	27	64.3	49.1–77.6	0.63
No lack of appetite	92	63	68.5	58.5–77.3
Nausea	21	14	66.7	44.9–84.1	0.53
No nausea	87	64	73.6	63.6–82.0
Vomiting	35	21	60.0	43.3–75.1	0.23
No vomiting	104	74	71.2	61.9–79.2
Abdominal pain	24	16	66.7	46.4–83.2	0.77
No abdominal pain	76	53	69.7	58.7–79.3
Weight loss	13	9	69.2	41.3–89.4	0.97
No weight loss	114	79	69.3	60.4–77.2
Diarrhea	34	19	55.9	39.1–71.8	0.08
No diarrhea	102	74	72.5	63.3–80.5
Total	142	97	68.3	60.3–75.6

^aData for all symptoms were not available for all of the children.

^bCI, confidence interval (MidP Exact) of the prevalence.