Table 2. Cluster-adjusted STH prevalence by species, stratified by sex and age group.
| Study sample n (%) |
Any STH % (95% CI) |
A. lumbricoides % (95% CI) |
T. trichiura % (95% CI) |
N. americanus % (95% CI) |
A. ceylanicum % (95% CI) |
A. duodenale % (95% CI) |
Strongyloides spp. % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 352 (42.41) |
66.07 (53.69–78.46) |
0.09 (0–0.49) |
8.25 (0–16.95) |
58.50 (45.29–71.71) |
13.87 (9.23–18.50) |
0 | 4.27 (0.47–8.06) |
| Female | 478 (57.59) |
61.37 (49.17–73.57) |
0.10 (0–0.51) |
8.02 (0.30–16.00) |
51.64 (39.89–63.39) |
16.49 (10.91–22.06) |
0 | 2.87 (0.18–5.57) |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 1–5 | 212 (25.54) |
41.31 (28.55–54.08) |
0.12 (0–0.74) |
4.83 (0–11.71) |
29.53 (18.68–40.37) |
10.27 (4.61–15.94) |
0 | 0.31 (0–1.45) |
| 6–11 | 201 (24.22) |
69.75 (51.33–88.18) |
0.50 (0–1.47) |
14.36 (0–29.61) |
57.34 (37.36–77.32) |
16.74 (9.72–23.76) |
0 | 2.68 (0–6.25) |
| 12–17 | 89 (10.72) |
87.85 (69.60–100) |
2.24 (0–6.75) |
19.07 (0–45.81) |
76.77 (57.71–95.82) |
21.77 (7.18–36.34) |
0 | 6.64 (0–17.06) |
| 18–34 | 99 (11.93) |
71.07 (56.39–85.75) |
0 | 0.87 (0–4.31) |
60.32 (47.62–73.03) |
13.53 (3.50–23.56) |
0 | 6.87 (0–14.92) |
| 35–49 | 108 (13.01) |
76.58 (60.81–92.35) |
0 | 2.67 (0–9.41) |
69.36 (52.10–86.61) |
14.96 (5.96–23.96) |
0 | 4.24 (0–11.04) |
| ≥50 | 121 (14.58) |
61.98 (53.33–70.63) |
0 | 6.85 (0.30–13.41) |
59.50 (50.76–68.25) |
14.51 (5.53–23.49) |
0 | 3.69 (0–9.01) |
| Total | 830 |
63.34
(52.13–74.55) |
0.08
(0–0.36) |
9.08
(1.27–16.90) |
54.51
(43.37–65.64) |
15.47
(10.82–20.11) |
0 |
3.17
(0.59–5.76) |