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Table 2 Prevalence of anemia in Schistosoma mansoni-positive children in baseline and year five groups

From: Evaluation of morbidity in Schistosoma mansoni-positive primary and secondary school children after four years of mass drug administration of praziquantel in western Kenya

 

Baseline

Year five

 

n

Anemic (%)

n

Anemic (%)

P-value

All ages

295

73 (24.8)

69

47 (68.1)

<  0.001

Malaria positive

118

36 (30.5)

31

19 (61.3)

0.003

Malaria negative

177

37 (20.9)

38

28 (73.7)

<  0.001

6–12 years old (Primary school)

117

38 (32.5)

32

18 (56.2)

0.022

Malaria positive

60

22 (36.7)

18

10 (55.6)

0.179

Malaria negative

57

16 (28.1)

14

8 (57.1)

0.058

13–18 years old (Secondary school)

178

35 (19.7)

37

29 (78.4)

<  0.001

Malaria positive

58

14 (24.1)

13

9 (69.2)

0.003

Malaria negative

120

21 (17.5)

24

20 (83.3)

<  0.001

  1. Differences between cross-sectional groups were evaluated using Fisher’s exact test
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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