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Table 4 Association of sex and age with re-infection rates of STH among schoolchildren in Northwest Ethiopia (n = 80)

From: Treatment efficacy and re-infection rates of soil-transmitted helminths following mebendazole treatment in schoolchildren, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Re-infection status

P value

Re-infected, n (%)

Not re-infected, n (%)

Sex

.364

 Female

19 (38.8%)

30 (61.2%)

 

 Male

10 (32.3%)

21 (67.7%)

 Total

29 (36.3%)

41 (63.7%)

Age in years

.558

 7–12

22 (36.7%)

38 (63.3%)

 

  > 12

7 (35%)

13 (65%)

 Total

29 (36.3%)

41 (63.7%)