Table 1. Study population characteristics in the 2017 Ituri morbidity study.
Study conducted in 13 purposively selected villages in Ituri Province (n = 586).
| Characteristics | ||
| N | % | |
| Gender | ||
| Females | 342 | 58.4 |
| Males | 244 | 41.6 |
| Age categories (years) | ||
| 6–9 | 123 | 21.0 |
| 10–14 | 140 | 23.9 |
| 15–19 | 67 | 11.4 |
| 20–29 | 77 | 13.1 |
| 30–39 | 68 | 11.6 |
| 40–49 | 52 | 8.9 |
| ≥50 | 59 | 10.1 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2—categories) | ||
| Obese (≥30.0) | 58 | 9.9 |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 24 | 4.1 |
| Normal weight (18.5–24.9) | 236 | 40.3 |
| Underweight (<18.5) | 268 | 45.7 |
| S. mansoni infection | ||
| Kato-Katz test | 347 | 59.2 |
| CCA test | 385 | 65.7 |
| KK+CCA* | 449 | 76.6 |
| Infection intensity (KK only) | ||
| Light | 216 | 36.9 |
| Moderate | 89 | 15.2 |
| Heavy | 42 | 7.2 |
| Soil transmitted helminths | ||
| Trichuris trichiura | 3 | 0.5 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 1 | 0.5 |
| Hookworm | 4 | 0.7 |
| Clinical findings | ||
| Diarrhoea | 137 | 23.4 |
| Blood in stool | 126 | 21.5 |
| Abdominal pain | 309 | 52.7 |
| Hematemesis | 5 | 0.9 |
| Ultrasound findings | ||
| Hepatomegaly (US) | 155 | 26.5 |
| Splenomegaly (US) | 148 | 25.3 |
| Ascites | 4 | 0.7 |
| A and B patterns | 328 | 56.0 |
| C and D patterns | 213 | 36.4 |
| E and F patterns | 38 | 6.4 |
| Fatty liver | 6 | 1.0 |
| Other abnormality | 1 | 0.2 |
* KK+CCA, combined any positive result by Kato-Katz and/or by point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA); KK only, Kato-Katz results only with at least one egg in at least one of two smears.