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Table 3 The occurrence of diarrhea among the study participants stratified by HIV and parasitic infection, Hawassa Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2008

From: Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to HIV/AIDS status, diarrhea and CD4 T-cell count

Type of diarrhea

HIV positive

HIV Negative

Total

p-value

 

Parasite positive

Parasite negative

Parasite positive

Parasite negative

HIV positive

HIV negative

 

Acute

28(21.9%)

15(17.4%)

30(37.5%)

17(20.2%)

43(20.1%)

47(28.7%)

0.035

Chronic

29(22.7%)

25(29.1%)

12(15.0%)

7(8.3%)

54(25.2%)

19(11.6%)

0.001

No diarrhea

71(55.5%)

46(53.5%)

38(47.5%)

60(71.4%)

117(54.7%)

98(59.8%)

0.188

Total

128(59.8%)

86(40.2%)

80(48.8%)

84(51.2%)

214 (56.6%)

164(43.3%)