Table 2 Intestinal helminth infection among malaria suspected febrile patients Dore Bafeno Health Center, southern Ethiopia, December 2010
From: Malaria and related outcomes in patients with intestinal helminths: a cross-sectional study
Variable | Number examined | A.lumbricoidesn (%) | Hookworm n (%) | T. trichiuran (%) | S. mansonin (%) | Others* n (%) | Any intestinal helminth infection** n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  <5 | 88 | 24 (27.3) | 2 (2.3) | 12 (13.6) | 3 (3.4) | 6 (6.8) | 35 (39.3) |
  5–15 | 182 | 86 (47.3) | 10 (5.5) | 36 (19.8) | 24 (13.2) | 9 (5.0) | 115 (63.2) |
  >15 | 432 | 142 (32.9) | 57 (13.2) | 63 (14.6) | 55 (12.7) | 15 (3.5) | 228 (52.8) |
χ2 (p) |  | 14.76 (0.001) | 15.05 (0.001) | 2.96 (0.228) | 6.70 (0.035) | 5.96 (0.202) | 14.13 (0.001) |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Female | 341 | 135 (39.6) | 28 (8.2) | 65 (19.1) | 33 (9.7) | 19 (5.6) | 190 (55.72) |
  Male | 361 | 117 (32.4) | 41(11.4) | 46 (12.7) | 49 (13.6) | 11 (3.0) | 188 (51.93) |
χ2 (p) |  | 3.93 (0.047) | 1.96 (0.162) | 5.26 (0.022) | 2.58 (0.108) | 3.06 (0.217) | 1.02 (0.314) |