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 | |||
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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%) |