Table 2. Association of socio-demographic characteristics, malaria, anaemia and nutritional status with intestinal schistosomiasis infection among study participants.
| Variable |
Schistosomiasis +ve N (%) |
Schistosomiasis–ve N (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ≤12 | 536 (93.2) | 39 (6.8) | < 0.001 |
| >12 | 216 (84.7) | 39 (15.3) | ||
| Sex | Male | 372 (90.1) | 41 (9.9) | 0.60 |
| Female | 380 (91.1) | 37 (8.9) | ||
| Malaria | Positive | 13 (92.9) | 1 (7.1) | 0.13 |
| Negative | 735 (90.7) | 75 (9.3) | ||
| Anaemia | Anaemic | 181 (89.2) | 22 (10.8) | 0.36 |
| Not anaemic | 567 (91.3) | 54 (8.7) | ||
| Abdominal pain | Present | 140 (90.3) | 15 (9.7) | 0.89 |
| Absent | 612 (90.7) | 63 (9.3) | ||
| Stool consistency | Loose | 105 (100) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001 |
| Soft | 266 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Formed | 381 (83.0) | 78 (17.0) | ||
| Stunting (HAZ) | Present | 216 (89.6) | 25 (10.4) | 0.54 |
| Absent | 536 (91.0) | 53 (9.0) | ||
| Wasting (BAZ) | Present | 83 (88.3) | 11 (11.7) | 0.42 |
| Absent | 669 (90.9) | 67 (9.1) | ||
BAZ- body mass index (BMI) for age Z score, HAZ -height for age Z score