Table 3: Overall prevalence of parasitic diseases investigated stratified by sex.
Prevalence rate | |||||
Total N (%) | IC 95% | Female (n = 110) N (%) |
Male (n = 146) N (%) |
p-value | |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 30 (11.7%) | 8.2-16.1 | 14 (12.7%) | 16 (11.0%) | 0.66 |
Trichuris trichiura | 9 (3.5%) | 1.7-6.3 | 5 (4.5%) | 4 (2.7%) | 0.66 |
P. falciparum | 130 (50.8%) | 44.7-56.9 | 55 (50.0%) | 75 (51.4%) | 0.83 |
P. falciparum + helminths | 25 (9.8%) | 6.6-13.9 | 19 (17.3%) | 20 (13.7%) | 0.43 |
P. falciparum + Ascaris lumbricoides | 20 (7.8%) | 5.0-11.6 | 10 (9.1%) | 10 (6.8%) | 0.51 |
P. falciparum + Trichuris trichiura | 5 (1.9) | 0.7-4.3 | 2 (0.8%) | 3 (1.2%) | 0.80 |
p-value < 0.05: Statistically significant association.