Individuals who did not comply (N = 908) | Analysed individuals (N = 320) | P-value | Treatment Group (N = 158) | Placebo Group (N = 162) | P-value | |
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Characteristic | ||||||
Age (years) | ||||||
1 | 314 (34.6%) | 108 (33.8%) | 0.137a | 59 (37.3%) | 49 (30.2%) | 0.085a |
2 | 202 (22.2%) | 86 (26.9%) | 38 (24.1%) | 48 (29.6%) | ||
3 | 204 (22.5%) | 76 (23.8%) | 31 (19.6%) | 45 (27.8%) | ||
4 | 188 (20.7%) | 50 (15.6%) | 30 (19%) | 20 (12.3%) | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 475 (52.3%) | 159 (49.7) | 0.419a | 85 (53.8%) | 74 (45.7%) | 0.146a |
Female | 433 (47.7%) | 161 (50.3) | 73 (46.2%) | 88 (54.3%) | ||
Village | ||||||
Akinlalu | 112 (12.3%) | 73 (22.8%) | < 0.001a | 33 (20.9%) | 40 (24.7%) | 0.708a |
Ipetumodu | 407 (44.8%) | 128 (40%) | 65 (41.1%) | 63 (38.9%) | ||
Moro | 170 (18.7%) | 49 (15.3%) | 27 (17.1%) | 22 (13.6%) | ||
Edun-abon | 219 (24.1%) | 70 (21.9%) | 33 (20.9%) | 37 (22.8%) | ||
Socio-economic status index | ||||||
Mean ± SE | 6.52 ± 0.11 | 6.29 ± 0.06 | 0.058b | 6.49 ± 0.15 | 6.56 ± 0.16 | 0.757b |
Parasitic infections | ||||||
Plasmodium spp.f | - | - | 71 (44.9%) | 54 (33.3%) | 0.033a | |
Mean parasitaemiaf | - | - | 2319 ± 511 | 1471 ± 341 | 0.025b | |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 439 (48.3%) | 146 (45.6%) | 0.402a | 73 (46.2%) | 73 (45.1%) | 0.838a |
Mean epg ± SE | 1080 ± 167 | 1075 ± 88 | 0.500e | 1146 ± 283 | 1016 ± 183 | 0.926b |
Trichuris trichiura b | 36 (4%) | 10 (3.1%) | 0.496a | 4 (2.5%) | 6 (3.7%) | 0.750d |
Hookwormb | 40 (4.4%) | 13 (4.1%) | 0.795a | 4 (2.5%) | 9 (5.6%) | 0.171a |
Schistosoma haematobium b | 11 (1.2%) | 3 (0.9%) | 1a | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.9%) | 0.248d |
Clinical indicator | ||||||
Malaria attacksf | - | - | 4 (2.5%) | 4 (2.5%) | 1d | |
Haemoglobin (g/dl; mean ± S.E.) | 9.75 ± 0.05 | 9.69 ± 0.09 | 0.542b | 9.54 ± 0.12 | 9.88 ± 0.11 | 0.039b |
Weight (kg; mean ± S.E.) | 11.98 ± 0.09 | 11.56 ± 0.14 | 0.019b | 11.48 ± 0.20 | 11.64 ± 0.21 | 0.576b |
Height (cm; mean ± S.E.) | 88.01 ± 0.35 | 86.61 ± 0.51 | 0.064e | 85.64 ± 0.87 | 87.02 ± 0.72 | 0.221b |