Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants
| Preschool-aged Children | School-aged Children | Adults | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Albendazole, 200 mg (n = 13) | Albendazole, 400 mg (n = 13) | Albendazole, 600 mg (n = 12) | Placebo (n = 24) | Albendazole, 200 mg (n = 27) | Albendazole, 400 mg (n = 27) | Albendazole, 600 mg (n = 29) | Albendazole, 800 mg (n = 26) | Placebo (n = 40) | Albendazole, 200 mg (n = 41) | Albendazole, 400 mg (n = 38) | Albendazole, 600 mg (n = 40) | Albendazole, 800 mg (n = 37) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 3.8 (1.2) | 3.8 (1.3) | 3.8 (1.1) | 9.1 (2.2) | 9.1 (1.9) | 9.8 (1.9) | 9.2 (2.2) | 9.4 (2.3) | 35.4 (10.3) | 39.8 (12.2) | 36.3 (12.2) | 38.2 (11.5) | 35.7 (12.0) |
| Females | 5 (38%) | 9 (69%) | 8 (67%) | 8 (33%) | 13 (48%) | 8 (30%) | 5 (17%) | 7 (27%) | 7 (18%) | 16 (39%)a | 7 (18%) | 7 (18%) | 9 (24%) |
| Weight, mean (SD), kg | 15.5 (3.6) | 13.8 (3.8) | 14.4 (2.9) | 26.0 (5.4) | 25.7 (5.5) | 27.7 (6.8) | 24.8 (7.0) | 27.9 (10.3) | 59.7 (9.9) | 61.3 (9.5) | 61.6 (9.3) | 62.7 (8.0)b | 59.7 (8.8) |
| Height, mean (SD), cm | 98.8 (12.3) | 98.1 (9.5) | 96.1 (9.5) | 132.6 (13.2) | 127.2 (12.7) | 129.8 (13.1) | 123.9 (18.2) | 137.5 (39.7) | 165.8 (10.7)a | 166.6 (10.7) | 168.1 (7.5) | 168.3 (10.0)a | 165.2 (9.3)a |
| Hookworm | |||||||||||||
| Median EPG (interquartile range) | 216 (150–618) | 126 (60–540) | 252 (111–423) | 183 (78–450) | 126 (72–336) | 138 (78–246) | 156 (84–528) | 153 (66–366) | 57 (96–318) | 126 (54–444) | 96 (54–264) | 189 (63–570) | 114 (84–216) |
| EPG geometric mean | 251.1 | 178.4 | 238.8 | 209.1 | 166.7 | 162.1 | 219.5 | 226.4 | 136.5 | 147.9 | 116.3 | 198.4 | 151.8 |
| Infection intensity | |||||||||||||
| Mild (1–1999 EPG) | 12 (92%) | 12 (92%) | 22 (92%) | 22 (92%) | 26 (96%) | 27 (100%) | 27 (93%) | 24 (92%) | 38 (95%) | 40 (98%) | 38 (100%) | 40 (100%) | 36 (97%) |
| Moderate (2000–3999 EPG) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) | 2 (8%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) |
| Heavy (≥4000 EPG) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Trichuris trichiura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Abbreviations: EPG, eggs per gram; SD, standard deviation.
aMissing data from 1 participant.
bMissing data from 2 participants.