Table 5.

Results of multivariate linear regression for infection intensity reduction rate (%)

Variable	Regression coefficient	95% CI	P-value
Necator americanus
Baseline infection intensity (Ct-value)	-31.8	-61.5– -2.1	0.039
Age (years)	-0.6	-2.2–0.9	0.371
Female sex	38.7	-6.6–84.1	0.083
Ascaris spp.
Baseline infection intensity (Ct-value)	-0.20	-0.55–0.16	0.238
Age (years)	0.09	-0.30–0.48	0.594
Female sex	-9.90	-28.87–9.08	0.257

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval

Bold indicates statistical significance