Table 1.
Characteristics of children and adolescent participants with and without S. stercoralis infection.
| Total (n = 100) |
S. stercoralis Infection (n = 6) |
No Infection (n = 94) |
OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||||
| Boys, n (%) | 43 (43) | 4 (66.7) | 2 (2.1) | 2.82 (0.49–16.17) | 0.23 |
| Median age, years (IQR) (n = 69) | 11 (9–14) | 5 (4–6) | 12 (10–14) | 0.58 (0.39–0.85) | 0.001 |
| Country of birth, n (%) | |||||
| Spain * | 74 (74) | 6 (100) | 68 (72.3) | NA | 0.13 |
| Bolivia | 13 (13) | 0 | 13 (13.8) | NA | 0.99 |
| Ecuador | 9 (9) | 0 | 9 (9.6) | NA | 0.99 |
| Argentina | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0.1) | NA | 0.99 |
| Uruguay | 2 (2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | NA | 0.99 |
IQR: interquartile range, OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence intervals, * Children born in Spain, whose mother comes from Latin America. Nationality of the mother: (positive/negative): Bolivia (n = 2/35), Ecuador (n = 3/28), Colombia (n = 1/6), Argentina (0/1), not available (n = 0/4).