Table 3.
Parasitic Infection Pattern Among School Children in the Ho Municipality
| Parameter | No Infection | Children, No. (%)a | P Valueb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monoinfection | Polyparasitic Infection | ||||||
| Plasmodium | Schistosoma | Intestinal Parasitosis | Plasmodium +Schistosoma haematobium | Plasmodium + Intestinal Parasite | |||
| All childrenc | 151 (27.46) | 320 (58.18) | 10 (1.82) | 6 (1.09) | 46 (8.36) | 16 (2.91) | |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 11.29 (2.73) | 10.7 (2.37) | 10.5 (2.12) | 10.13 (2.85) | 10.76 (2.05) | 10.06 (2.15) | .32 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 60 (39.74) | 140 (43.75) | 4 (40.00) | 2 (33.33) | 28 (60.87) | 9 (56.25) | .17 |
| Female | 91 (60.26) | 180 (56.25) | 6 (60.00) | 4 (66.67) | 18 (39.13) | 7 (43.75) | |
| School | |||||||
| Dave | 23 (15.23) | 42 (13.12) | 1 (10.00) | 3 (50.00) | 3 (6.52) | 11 (68.75) | <.001 |
| Freetown | 50 (33.11) | 67 (20.94) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (33.33) | 4 (8.70) | 2 (12.5) | |
| Davanu | 14 (9.27) | 51 (15.94) | 4 (40.00) | 0 (0.00) | 10 (21.74) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Afegame | 11 (7.28) | 76 (23.75) | 5 (50.00) | 1 (16.67) | 28 (60.87) | 2 (12.50) | |
| Kpetoe | 53 ( (35.09) | 84 (26.25) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (6.25) | |
| Anemia | 22 (14.91) | 60 (18.75) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 17 (36.96) | 3 (18.75) | .051 |
| Hemoglobin, g/dL | 12.05 | 11.87 | 11.98 | 11.89 | 12.41 | 11.7 | .50 |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
aData represent no. (%) of children unless otherwise specified.
bSignificant at P ≤ .05.
cPercentages calculated with the total sample of 550 as the denominator.