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.