Table 2.
Distribution of intestinal parasitosis, malnutrition, and anemia among the six administrative units in Ghindae area, Eritrea, 2018 (n = 450).
| Administrative units in Ghindae area | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dongolo | Debalko | Huxiet | Ferrovia | Mmhdar | Embatkala | p value | |||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| Intest. parasitosis | 12 | 5.9 | 48 | 23.5 | 23 | 11.3 | 46 | 22.5 | 64 | 31.4 | 11 | 5.4 | p > 0.05 |
| Protozoan | 6 | 3.5 | 37 | 21.5 | 20 | 11.6 | 42 | 24.4 | 56 | 32.6 | 11 | 6.4 | p > 0.05 |
| E. histolytica/dispar | 5 | 4.5 | 26 | 23.6 | 14 | 12.7 | 27 | 24.5 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 4.5 | p > 0.05 |
| G. duodenalis | 5 | 5.2 | 21 | 21.6 | 9 | 9.3 | 24 | 24.7 | 32 | 33 | 6 | 6.2 | p > 0.05 |
| Helminthes | 7 | 14.9 | 15 | 31.9 | 6 | 12.8 | 6 | 12.8 | 13 | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.042 |
| H. nana | 3 | 7 | 15 | 34.9 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | p > 0.05 |
| Hookworm | 4 | 80 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 |
| Multiple infection | 4 | 9.7 | 14 | 30.4 | 5 | 10.9 | 10 | 21.7 | 13 | 28.3 | 0 | 0 | p > 0.05 |
| Malnutrition | 16 | 9.6 | 43 | 25.9 | 6 | 3.6 | 40 | 24.1 | 42 | 25.3 | 19 | 11.4 | 0.001 |
| Stunting | 6 | 7.2 | 19 | 22.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 30 | 36.1 | 25 | 30.1 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.001 |
| Low BMI for age | 12 | 12.6 | 27 | 28.4 | 6 | 6.3 | 13 | 13.7 | 20 | 21.1 | 17 | 17.9 | 0.001 |
| Anemia | 7 | 12.5 | 25 | 44.6 | 4 | 7.1 | 8 | 14.3 | 11 | 19.6 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.004 |