Table 4 Prevalence of STHs by age and gender across different parasite types
Variables | Number examined | Number + ve | Parasite type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. lumbricoides | T. trichuria | Hookworm | |||
Age (months) | |||||
0–6 | 40 (38.8) | 15 (37.5) | 14 (35.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (20.0) |
7–12 | 24 (23.3) | 22 (91.7) | 21 (87.5) | 1 (4.2) | 19 (79.2) |
13–18 | 14 (13.6) | 11 (78.6) | 11 (78.6) | 7 (50.0) | 10 (71.4) |
19–24 | 25 (24.3) | 24 (96.0) | 24 (96.0) | 11 (44.0) | 23 (92.0) |
Total | 103 (100.0) | 72 (69.9) | 70 (68.0) | 19 (18.4) | 60 (58.3) |
P values | 0.035* | 0.012* | 0.037* | 0.041* | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 49 (47.6) | 36 (73.5) | 34 (69.4) | 8 (16.3) | 31 (63.3) |
Female | 54 (52.4) | 36 (66.7) | 36 (66.7) | 11 (20.4) | 28 (51.9) |
Total | 103 (100.0) | 72 (69.9) | 70 (68.0) | 19 (18.4) | 60 (58.3) |
P values | 0.132 | 0.672 | 0.215 | 0.087 | |