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Table 4 Association of helminths coinfections on the occurrence of anaemia among malaria infected study participants, Wondo Genet, southern Ethiopia, 2009–2010

From: Comorbidity of intestinal helminthiases among malaria outpatients of Wondo Genet health centers, southern Ethiopia: implications for integrated control

Variable

Total

Anaemia (%)

Normal (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Coinfection

145

64 (44.14)

81 (55.86)

  

 Malaria/Hook worm

0

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

  

 Malaria/Trichuris trichuria

13

5 (38.46)

8 (61.54)

1.00a

 

 Malaria/Ascaris lumbricoides

52

27 (51.92)

25 (48.08)

1.73 (0.50–5.99)

0.388

 Malaria/Schistosoma mansoni

10

9 (90.00)

1 (10.00)

14.4 (1.37–150.80)

0.026

 Malaria/Hymenolepis nana

0

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

  

 Malaria/Any single helminth

Infection

75

41 (54.67)

34 (45.33)

1.93 (0.58–6.45)

0.286

 Malaria/multiple helminth

Infection

70

23 (32.86)

47 (67.14)

0.78 (0.23–2.66)

0.695

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