Table 1.
Characteristics of children attending primary school in Makassar, Indonesia (N = 996)
|
Total population N = 996 |
|
|---|---|
| Age (in years, mean, SD) | 9.34 ± 1.51 |
| Sex (female %, n/N) | 52.5 (521/993) |
| School (low SES %, n/N) | |
| Low SES A | 26.1 (260/996) |
| Low SES B | 31.2 (165/996) |
| Low SES C | 16.6 (311/996) |
| High SES A | 16.1 (160/996) |
| High SES B | 10.0 (100/996) |
| Helminth infection by microscope (%, n/N) | |
| Any helminth infection | 25.2 (196/773) |
| Only A. lumbricoides | 10.6 (82/773) |
| Only T. trichiura | 7.2 (56/773) |
| Hookworm | 0.0 (0/773) |
| Both A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura | 7.6 (59/773) |
| Education father (high %, n/N) | 23.6 (172/730) |
| Maternal education (high %, n/N) | 20.2 (150/742) |
| Floor material (ceramics %, n/N) | 50.8 (397/782) |
| Wall material (brick or concrete %, n/N) | 57.0 (441/774) |
| Toilet (private inside %, n/N) | 90.1 (702/779) |
| Leptin (ng/m) [geometric mean (95% CI)] | 2.77 (2.58; 2.97) |
| IGF‐1 (pg/ml) [geometric mean (95% CI)] | 0.67 (0.61; 0.74) |
| Eosinophil count (% of total) [geometric mean (95% CI)] | 3.09 (3.78; 4.44) |
| Total IgE (IU/ml) [geometric mean (95% CI)] | 324.0 (297.0; 353.5) |
| Atopy by skin prick reactivity (%, n/N) | |
| Any skin prick reactivity | 12.5 (112/895) |
| Only D. pteronyssinus | 2.2 (20/895) |
| Only D. farinae | 3.8 (34/895) |
| SPT reactive for both D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae | 6.3 (56/895) |
CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation; SES, socio‐economic status.
The number of positives (n) of the total number (N).