Table 2.

Frequency of intestinal protozoa and helminths detected in fecal samples of individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D, n = 120) and type 2 (T2D, n = 36), examined in health centers and the regional hospital of Taguatinga, Federal District, Brazil, 2011-2012.

Parasites species	Diabetic individuals n (%)		p ∗
	T1D	T2D
Protozoans
Giardia lamblia	12 (10)	13 (36)	<0.01
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar	1 (0.8)	1 (3)	0.40
Balantidium coli	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.40
Helminths
Ascaris lumbricoides	8 (7)	11 (30)	<0.01
Taenia sp.	4 (3)	1 (3)	1.00
Hookworms	1 (0.8)	2 (6)	0.13
Hymenolepis nana	1 (0.8)	1 (3)	0.40
Strongyloides stercoralis	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
Enterobius vermicularis	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
Schistosoma mansoni	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
Commensals
Entamoeba coli	46 (38)	19 (53)	0.12
Endolimax nana	28 (23)	8 (22)	0.89
Entamoeba hartmanni	15 (12)	1 (3)	1.00
Multiple infections
E. coli + E. nana	8 (7)	1 (3)	0.69
E. coli + E. hartmanni	5 (4)	0 (0)	0.59
E. coli + G. lamblia	3 (2.5)	4 (11)	0.05
E. coli + A. lumbricoides	2 (2)	4 (11)	0.03
E. hartmanni + G. lamblia	3 (2.5)	0 (0)	1.00
E. coli + hookworms	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
E. hartmanni + E. nana	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
E. coli + Taenia sp.	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
E. hartmanni + A. lumbricoides	1 (0.8)	0 (0)	1.00
G. lamblia + A. lumbricoides	1 (0.8)	2 (6)	0.13
E. nana + G. lamblia	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + S. stercoralis	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + E. nana + E. hartmanni	3 (2.5)	1 (3)	1.00
E. coli + G. lamblia + hookworms	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + G. lamblia + S. stercoralis	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + E. nana + G. lamblia	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + G. lamblia + A. lumbricoides	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + G. lamblia + A. lumbricoides + Taenia sp. + hookworms	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23
E. coli + E. nana + G. lamblia + Taenia sp. + hookworm + S. stercoralis	0 (0)	1 (3)	0.23

^∗Chi-square or exact Fisher's tests (when the expected values in any of the contingency table cells were below 5).