Table 2.

Number of participants (n), prevalence (%) and infection intensity of each soil-transmitted helminth

			Any STH		Ascaris lumbricoides			Trichuris trichiura			Hookworm
		n	n	% (95% CI)a	n	% (95% CI)	Mean EPG (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)	Mean EPG (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)	Mean EPG (95% CI)
Overall		712	198	27.81 (24.54–31.26)	38	5.34 (3.80–7.25)	1173.40 (610.36–2712.98)	129	18.12 (15.36–21.15)	66.27 (45.97–103.08)	62	8.71 (6.74–11.02)	33.88 (20.56–73.34)
Sex	Male	385	93	28.44 (23.61–33.66)	10	3.06 (1.48–5.55)	203.82 (72.36–592.41)	52	15.90 (12.11–20.32)	42.20 (26.47–69.77)	43	13.15 (9.68–17.30)	63.78 (35.89–145.84)
	Female	327	105	27.27 (22.88–32.01)	28	7.27 (4.89–10.34)	1996.92 (947.23–5134.87)	77	20.00 (16.12–24.35)	86.71 (52.28–154.21)	19	4.94 (3.00–7.60)	8.48 (4.80–14.96)
Age group (years)	2–4	53	12	22.64 (12.28–36.21)	3	5.66 (1.18–15.66)	2416.75 (127.70–11,117.89)	9	16.98 (8.07–29.80)	62.49 (27.62–123.62)	2	3.77 (0.46–12.98)	47.09 (0.00–141.28)
	5–14	158	57	36.08 (28.6–44.09)	16	10.13 (5.90–15.92)	3746.43 (1524.27–10,976.88)	48	30.38 (23.32–38.19)	156.46 (92.96–283.56)	2	1.27 (0.15–4.50)	2.13 (0.00–7.59)
	15–24	77	24	31.17 (21.09–42.74)	5	6.49 (2.14–14.51)	849.35 (141.82–3466.98)	16	20.78 (12.37–31.54)	141.82 (34.60–469.19)	9	11.69 (5.49–21.03)	21.82 (9.66–45.29)
	25–39	174	48	27.59 (21.09–34.86)	4	2.30 (0.63–5.78)	71.45 (15.72–272.93)	28	16.09 (10.97–22.41)	17.52 (10.90–27.81)	22	12.64 (8.10–18.51)	66.76 (23.59–257.37)
	40+	250	57	22.80 (17.75–28.51)	10	4.00 (1.93–7.23)	150.43 (39.46–434.28)	28	11.20 (7.57–15.78)	20.74 (11.33–41.75)	27	10.80 (7.24–15.32)	31.97 (16.90–62.94)

^a% represents the percentage positive in each group

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EPG, eggs per gram of faeces; STH, soil-transmitted helminth