| 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 |