Table 3.

Ascaris lumbricoides egg counts and ringworm prevalence at baseline and 8 weeks after treatment per treatment group

Outcome	Treatment	Baseline	Follow up	p-Value
Ascaris lumbricoides Geometric mean (95% CI)	Papaya	209.7 (98.7 to 445.7)	75.7 (36.5 to 157.0)	0.002
	Albendazole	129.5 (37.7 to 444.1)	27.5 (2.2 to 338.1)	0.006
	Control	42.0 (20.0 to 87.9)	56.3 (27.0 to 117.5)	0.657
Ringworm prevalence	Papaya	49 (54.4)	24 (30.0)	0.001
	Albendazole	27 (39.7)	44 (64.7)	0.003
	Control	53 (65.4)	24 (31.2)	< 0.001