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Table 3 Prevalence of STHs by age and sex among children aged 0–2 years from selected rural and urban communities

From: Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection among children under 2 years from urban and rural settings in Ogun state, Nigeria: implication for control strategy

Variables

Rural

N (%)

Urban

N (%)

Grand total

N (%)

Age (months)

Number examined

Number + ve

Number examined

Number + ve

Number examined

Number + ve

0–6

13 (24.5)

3 (23.1)

27 (54.0)

12 (44.4%)

40 (38.8)

15 (37.5)

7–12

16 (30.2)

15 (93.8)

8 (16.0)

7 (87.5)

24 (23.3)

22 (91.7)

13–18

9 (17.0)

9 (100.0)

5 (10.0)

2 (40.0)

14 (13.6)

11 (78.6)

19–24

15 (28.3)

15 (100.0)

10 (20.0)

9 (90.0)

25 (24.3)

24 (96.0)

Total

53 (100.0)

42 (79.2)

50 (100.0)

30 (60.0)

103 (100.0)

72 (69.9)

P values

 

0.012*

 

0.042*

 

0.035*

Sex

      

Male

27 (50.9)

22 (81.5)

22 (44.0)

14 (63.6)

49 (47.6)

36 (73.5)

Female

26 (49.1)

20 (76.9)

28 (56.0)

16 (57.1)

54 (52.4)

36 (66.7)

Total

53 (100.0)

42 (79.2)

50 (100.0)

30 (60.0)

103 (100.0)

72 (69.9)

P-values

 

0.126

 

0.112

 

0.132

  1. Values asterisk (*) connotes significant difference in a column