TABLE 1.
Demographic data for the children in this study
| Parameter | Value for group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweaned |
Weaned |
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| Parasite exposed (n = 12) | Parasite unexposed (n = 10) | P valuea | Parasite positive (n = 11) | Parasite negative (n = 13) | P valuea | |
| Mean age (mo) | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.6951 | 19.9 | 17.1 | 0.0189 |
| Mean age at weaning (mo) | 11.5 | 10.5 | 0.4010 | |||
| No. of females/no. of males | 3/9 | 5/5 | 0.2248 | 9/2 | 3/10 | 0.0041 |
| No. of children delivered vaginally/no. delivered by C-section | 12/12 | 10/10 | 5/6 | 7/6 | 0.6820 | |
| Mean age of mother (yrs) | 25.5 | 29.5 | 0.0839 | 25.1 | 29.5 | 0.1225 |
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Statistical analysis was performed using chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical data and a t test for numerical data.