Epidemiological and clinical correlates of malaria-helminth co-infections in southern Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia (per μl of blood) in relation helminths infection status

Variable	Mean parasitaemia‡	95% CI¶	ß¶	P†
Sex
Male	14,499	(6921,22078))	1.569	0.212
Female	24,832	(8305,41359)
*T. trichiura*
Light	19,446	(7604,31289)
Moderate	31,500	(-265,63265)
Heavy	39,763	(-8896,8842)	0.764	0.469
*A. lumbricoides*
Light	12,892	(2828,22957)
Moderate	14,001	(5313,22689)
Heavy	29,023	(1085,56961)	0.639	0.531
*S. mansoni*
Light	22,766	(1188,44343)
Moderate	23,244	(-6561,53050)
Heavy	37,232	(-19820,94284)	0.142	0.868

‡ Arithmetic mean of P. falciparum ; ß¶= Coefficient of regression; #CI, Confidence interval;
†=P value.

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