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Table 1 Prevalence of fever, anaemia and (co-)infection status and parasite load of STH and Plasmodium infections, by agroecosystem, sex and age group

From: Soil-transmitted helminths and plasmodium falciparum malaria among individuals living in different agroecosystems in two rural communities in the mount Cameroon area: a cross-sectional study

Parameter

Agroecosystem

Sex

Age group in years

Total

P-value

Tea % (n)

Banana % (n)

Palm % (n)

Male % (n)

Female % (n)

4–14 % (n)

15–25 % (n)

26–35 % (n)

36–45 % (n)

≥46 % (n)

 

P a

P b

P c

Participants

36.7 (165)

28.2 (127)

35.1 (158)

49.6 (223)

50.4 (227)

37.6 (169)

12.4 (56)

21.3 (96)

19.6 (88)

9.1 (41)

450

   

Fever

35.2 (58)

34.6 (44)

32.9 (52)

35.0 (78)

33.5 (76)

34.9 (59)

35.7 (20)

36.5 (35)

36.4 (32)

19.5 (8)

34.2 (154)

0.91

0.74

0.35

Anaemia

63.6 (105)

60.6 (77)

67.7 (107)

54.3 (121)

74.0 (168)

78.1 (132)

51.8 (29)

49.0 (47)

58.0 (51)

73.2 (30)

64.2 (289)

0.45

<0.001

<0.001

Ascaris

18.8 (31)

10.2 (13)

6.3 (10)

9.0 (20)

15.0 (34)

11.2 (19)

8.9 (5)

10.4 (10)

13.6 (12)

19.5 (8)

12.0 (54)

0.002

0.05

0.52

A.l

GMEDЛ

1 550

1 055

1 408

987

1 696

1 658

1 998

1 544

907

1 200

1 388

0.72

0.40

0.81

(96–10 800)

(72–9 600)

(720–4 800)

(72–7 200)

(96–10 800)

(96–1 080)

(1 200–2 400)

(96–9 600)

(72–4 800)

(240–3 840)

(72–10 800)

   

Trichuris

7.9 (13)

1.6 (2)

2.5 (4)

2.2 (5)

6.2 (14)

5.9 (10)

3.6 (2)

3.1 (3)

0.0 (0)

9.8 (4)

4.2 (19)

0.001

0.038

0.074

T.t GMEDЛ

105

152

316

126

142

152

416

82

–

92

138

0.10

0.96

0.38

(24–960)

(96–240)

(144–1 200)

(48–240)

(24–1 200)

(144–1 200)

(144–1 200)

(24–240)

 

(48–144)

24–1 200)

   

STH Pos.

21.2 (35)

11.0 (14)

8.9 (14)

10.8 (24)

17.2 (39)

14.2 (24)

12.5 (7)

11.5 (11)

13.6 (12)

22.0 (9)

14.0 (63)

0.003

0.05

0.59

GMED totalЛ

1 202

1 249

919

735

1 498

1 236

1 276

1 308

907

978

1 142

0.538

0.121

0.969

(48–11 760)

(72–9 600)

(144–4 800)

(48–7 200)

(96–11 760)

(48–11 760)

(144–2 400)

(96–9 600)

(72–4 800)

(144–3 840)

(48–11 760)

   

MP Pos.

30.3 (50)

33.1 (42)

36.7 (58)

35.4 (79)

31.3 (71)

47.3 (80)

41.1 (23)

22.9 (22)

19.3 (17)

19.5 (8)

33.3 (150)

0.47

0.35

<0.001

P.f GMPD/μLЛ

681

493

706

698

565

930

381

417

398

442

631

0.61

0.50

0.07

(45–149 860)

(40–137 816

(63–22 848)

(45–137 816)

(40–149 860)

(60–149 860)

(45–25 560)

(51–60 756)

(40–42 963)

(64–11 550)

40–149 860

   

AMP

14.5 (24)

13.4 (17)

25.3 (40)

15.7 (35)

20.3 (46)

27.2 (46)

23.2 (13)

12.5 (12)

5.7 (5)

12.2 (5)

18.0 (81)

0.01

0.21

<0.001

CMP

15.8 (26)

19.7 (25)

11.4 (18)

19.7 (44)

11.0 (25)

20.1 (34)

17.9 (10)

10.4 (10)

13.6 (12)

7.3 (3)

15.3 (69)

0.15

0.01

0.12

Co-infection

6.7 (11)

4.7 (6)

5.1 (8)

4.9 (11)

6.2 (14)

5.9 (10)

7.1 (4)

4.2 (4)

4.5 (4)

7.3 (3)

5.6 (25)

0.73

0.57

0.90

  1. Abbreviations: A.l GMED A. lumbricoides geometric mean egg density per gram of faeces, MP Pos. malaria parasite positive, co-infection infection with STH and P. falciparum, P. f GMPD/ μL P. falciparum geometric mean parasite density/ μL of blood, STH Pos soil-transmitted helminth positive (A. lumbricoides/T. trichiura), T.t GMED T. trichiura geometric mean egg density per gram of faeces
  2. P a, P b and P c are P-values of agroecosystems, sex and age groups, respectively
  3. P-values in bold are statistically significant (P < 0.05)
  4. Л Mean values are expressed as geometric means (range)
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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