Table 1 Characteristics of study population and study groups. The STH-positive study group included participants with at least one stool sample positive for STH eggs and/or larvae over the study course
Overall population | STH-negative study group | STH-positive study group | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | n | % | ||
Total | 262 | – | – | 124 | 47.3 | 138 | 52.7 | |
Age (mean, SD) | 12.1 | (4.8) | – | 11.8 | (4.1) | 11.2 | (3.8) | 0.24 |
Sex | 0.08 | |||||||
Female | 130 | 49.6 | 43.4–55.8 | 69 | 55.6 | 61 | 44.2 | |
Male | 132 | 50.4 | 44.2–56.6 | 55 | 44.4 | 77 | 55.8 | |
Ratio (F/M) | 0.98 | – | – | 1.32 | – | 0.77 | – | |
Address | 0.02 | |||||||
Bindo | 44 | 16.8 | 12.5–21.9 | 22 | 17.7 | 22 | 15.9 | |
Zilé-PK area | 218 | 83.2 | 78.1–87.5 | 102 | 82.3 | 116 | 84.1 | |