Demographic profile | Number of children examined | Parasites identified | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. duodenalis | Cryptosporidiumspecies | ||||||
No (%) | χ 2 | P-value | No. (%) | χ 2 | P-value | ||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 191 | 27 (14.1) | 0.03 | 0.85 | 15 (7.8) | 0.17 | 0.67 |
Female | 193 | 26 (13.4) | 13 (6.7) | ||||
Age Group | |||||||
1-5 | 57 | 14 (24.5) | 6.51 | 0.01 * | 7 (12.3) | 2.46 | 0.11 |
6-14 | 327 | 39 (11.9) | 21 (6.4) |