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Table 3 Univariable relationships with egg-positive infectiona

From: Protocol and baseline data for a multi-year cohort study of the effects of different mass drug treatment approaches on functional morbidities from schistosomiasis in four African countries

 

S. mansoni countries

S. haematobium countries

S. mansoni egg-positive

S. mansoni egg-negative

 

S. haematobium egg-positive

S. haematobium egg-negative

 

N = 843

N = 507

N = 281

N = 771

 

n

%

n

%

P value

n

%

n

%

P value

Female

436

52%

275

54%

0.37

138

49%

377

49%

0.95

Stunting

56

7%

32

7%

0.90

67

21%

163

25%

0.22

Wasting

164

20%

95

20%

0.88

26

10%

96

13%

0.21

Anemia

366

44%

182

38%

0.02

172

64%

331

44%

< 0.01

 

mean

SD

mean

SD

P value

mean

SD

mean

SD

P value

Age

7.5

0.5

7.5

0.5

0.20

7.5

0.5

7.5

0.5

0.25

VO2

49

3.2

49

3.1

0.62

50.1

3.7

50.2

3.3

0.81

Hemoglobin

11.8

2.3

12.1

2.1

0.01

11.0

1.6

11.5

1.6

< 0.01

PedsQL

Total

84.3

12.9

85

12.5

0.33

80.7

21.9

89.3

18.0

< 0.01

Physical

89

16.1

89.1

18

0.99

81.8

27.4

90.1

21.8

< 0.01

Emotional

73.7

15.9

76

15.5

0.01

89.4

17.4

94.4

13.0

< 0.01

Social

91.9

16.4

91.3

16.8

0.54

75.6

32.0

87.8

23.6

< 0.01

School

79.8

17

81.7

18.3

0.08

78.2

15.1

87.4

15.4

< 0.01

  1. aNumbers in each category may be less than the total number of children in each cohort because of missing data. Bold font indicates statistically significant differences at the P < 0.05 level
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