Table 2 Prevalence of single infection with P. falciparum or S. haematobium and co-infections by demographic and clinical status
Parameter | Category | N | Single P. falciparum infection | Single S. haematobium infection | Co-infection | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence (n) | P-value | Prevalence (n) | P- value | Prevalence (n) | P-value | |||
All | Â | 606 | 16.2 (98) | Â | 16.3 (99) | Â | 8.3 (50) | Â |
Sex | Female | 308 | 15.3 (47) | 0.535 | 18.2 (56) | 0.212 | 10.4 (32) | 0.052 |
Male | 298 | 17.1 (51) | Â | 14.4 (43) | Â | 6.0 (18) | Â | |
Age in years | 4–9 | 358 | 16.8 (60) | 0.637 | 15.4 (55) | 0.436 | 8.1 (29) | 0.872 |
10–14 | 248 | 15.3 (38) |  | 17.7 (44) |  | 8.5 (21) |  | |
Site | Bafia | 99 | 4.0 (4) | Â | 3.0 (3) | Â | 0.0 (0) | Â |
Ikata | 148 | 20.9 (31) | 0.001 | 2.0 (3) | < 0.001 | 1.4 92) | < 0.001 | |
Likoko | 359 | 17.5 (63) | Â | 25.9 (93) | Â | 13.4 (48) | Â | |
Anaemia status | Anaemic | 451 | 17.3 (78) | 0.200 | 17.7 (80) | 0.111 | 9.1 (41) | 0.200 |
Normal | 155 | 12.9 (20) | Â | 12.3 (19) | Â | 5.8 (9) | Â | |
Fever status | Fever | 130 | 10.8 (14) | 0.054 | 15.4 (20) | 0.756 | 13.8 (18) | 0.008 |
Normal | 466 | 17.8 (83) | Â | 16.5 (77) | Â | 6.7 (31) | Â | |
Stunting | Stunted | 139 | 8.6 (12) | 0.006 | 16.5 (23) | 0.939 | 7.2 (10) | 0.606 |
Normal | 467 | 18.4 (86) | Â | 16.3 (76) | Â | 8.6 (40) | Â | |
Underweight | Underweight | 30 | 20.0 (6) | 0.731 | 16.7 (5) | 0.937 | 6.7 (2) | 0.835 |
Normal | 428 | 17.5 (75) | Â | 16.1 (69) | Â | 7.7 (33) | Â | |
Malnutrition | Malnourished | 157 | 10.2 (16) | 0.018 | 17.2 (27) | 0.735 | 7.0 (11) | 0.510 |
Normal | 449 | 18.3 (82) | Â | 16.0 (72) | Â | 8.7 (39) | Â | |