Table 2. Distribution of P. falciparum and S. haematobium infections among the 739 participants seen at baseline.

		P. falciparum infection			S. haematobium infection
		n	% [95%CI(%)]	p	n	% [95%CI(%)]	p
Total		167	22.6 [19.6–25.6]	/	224	30.3 [27.1–33.7]	/
Sex				0.16			0.74
	Female	71	20.2 [16.3–24.8]		104	29.6 [25.1–34.6]
	Male	96	24.7 [20.7–29.3]		120	30.9 [26.5–35.7]
Age group				0.93			0.17
	[6–10]	87	22.8 [18.8–27.0]		107	28.0 [23.7–32.7]
	[10–16]	80	22.7 [18.4–27.0]		117	32.8 [28.1–37.8]
	(Mean,sd)	(10.1, 3.1)			(10.7, 3.0)
Location				<0.001			<0.001
	Bindo-Makouké villages	75	17.9 [14.5–21.8]		80	19.0 [15.6–23.1]
	Zilé-PK villages	92	28.8 [24.1–34.0]		144	45.1 [39.8–50.6]
STH*
	Ascaris	30	23.6 [16.5–32.0]	0.88	43	33.9 [25.7–42.8]	0.52
	Trichuris	41	29.5 [22.1–37.8]	0.05	49	35.2 [27.3–43.8]	0.28
	Hookworm	11	25.6 [13.5–41.2]	0.70	21	48.8 [33.3–64.5]	0.13
	Any STH	52	25.0 [19.3–31.5]	0.43	72	34.6 [28.2–41.5]	0.24

*68 missing data