Table 3: Distribution of intestinal parasites other than Taenia species in stool of participants.

Parasite eggs Epileptics Non Epileptics Total x2 P-value
Ascaris lumbricoides 23 (17.0%) 21 (12.9%) 44 (14.77%) 1.012 0.329
Hookworm 9 (6.7%) 7 (4.3%) 16 (5.37%) 0.818 0.442
Entamoeba coli 7 (5.2%) 9 (5.5%) 16 (5.37%) 0.016 1.000
Entamoeba histolytica 8 (5.9%) 13 (8.0%) 21 (7.05%) 0.474 0.650
Trichuris trichiura 2 (1.5%) 1 (0.6%) 3 (1.01%) 0.558 0.592
Hymenolepis diminuta 3 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (1.01%) 3.659 0.092
Schistosoma species 2 (1.5%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.67%) 2.431 0.204
Trichomonas species 1 (0.7%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.34%) 1.211 0.453
Entamoeba intestinalis 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.34%) 0.831 1.000
Yeast cells 19 (14.1%) 9 (5.5%) 28 (9.4%) 6.345 0.016