Age group

Gender

Season

Symptomatic

<5 years

(N = 180)

[5 – 10] years

(N = 1259)

≥10 years

(N = 164)

P value

Female

(N = 727)

Male

(N = 876)

P value

Dry

(N = 1225)

Rainy

(N = 378)

P value

No

(N = 815)

Yes

(N = 788)

P value

Blastocystis sp. (n = 192)

13

(7.2%)

153

(12.2%)

26

(15.8%)

0.04

81

(11.1%)

111

(12.3%)

0.35

143 (11.7%)

49 (12.9%)

0.5

102 (12.5%)

90 (11.4%)

0.5

E. coli (n = 168)

4

(2.2%)

146

(11.6%)

18

(10.9%)

0.001

81 (11.1%)

87

(9.9%)

0.43

127

(10.4%)

41 (10.8%)

0.79

90

(11%)

78 (9.9%)

0.45

G. intestinalis (n = 57)

12

(6.7%)

41

(3.3%)

4

(2.4%)

0.5

29

(3.9%)

28

(2.2%)

0.39

46

(3.7%)

11

(2.9%)

0.44

32 (3.9%)

25 (3.2%)

0.42

E. nana (n = 41)

2

(1.1%)

33

(2.6%)

6

(3.6%)

0.31

20

(2.7%)

21

(2.4%)

0.65

28

(2.3%)

13

(3.4%)

0.21

24

(2.9%)

17

(2.2%)

0.32

A. lumbricoides (n = 23)

2

(1.1%)

18

(1.4%)

3

(1.8%)

0.85

8

(1.1%)

15

(1.7%)

0.31

19

(1.5%)

4

(1.1%)

0.48

14

((1.7%)

9

(1.2%)

0.33