Patient characteristics | Total | (%) | Out-patient | (%) | In-patient | (%) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 2112 | 100 | 1577 | 100 | 535 | 100 | - |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 1116 | 52.8 | 813 | (51.6) | 303 | (56.6) | 0.045 |
Female | 996 | 47.2 | 764 | (48.4) | 232 | (43.4) | Â |
Age group1 | |||||||
0 to 12Â months | 758 | 36.4 | 402 | (26.0) | 356 | (66.5) | <0.001* |
13 to 24Â months | 528 | 25.3 | 387 | (25.0) | 141 | (26.4) | 0.564 |
25 to 36Â months | 408 | 19.6 | 377 | (24.4) | 31 | (5.8) | <0.001* |
37 to 48Â months | 241 | 11.6 | 237 | (15.3) | 4 | (0.7) | <0.001* |
49 to 60Â months | 148 | 7.1 | 145 | (9.4) | 3 | (0.6) | <0.001* |
Parasites infection | |||||||
E. Hystolytica | 225 | 10.7 | 218 | (13.8) | 7 | (1.3) | <0.001* |
Cryptosporidium spp. | 187 | 8.9 | 105 | (6.7) | 82 | (15.3) | <0.001* |
G. lamblia | 98 | 4.6 | 91 | (5.8) | 7 | (1.3) | <0.001* |
I. belli | 35 | 1.7 | 19 | (1.2) | 16 | (3) | 0.009* |
A. lumbricoides | 26 | 1.2 | 26 | (1.6) | 0 | (0) | 0.001* |
H. nana | 12 | 0.6 | 12 | (0.8) | 0 | (0) | 0.045* |
C. mesnili | 7 | 0.3 | 7 | (0.4) | 0 | (0) | 0.202 |
E. coli | 6 | 0.3 | 6 | (0.4) | 0 | (0) | 0.347 |
H. diminuta | 4 | 0.2 | 4 | (0.3) | 0 | (0) | 0.578 |
T. trichiura | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | (0.2) | 0 | (0) | 0.576 |
Taenia spp. | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | (0.2) | 0 | (0) | 0.576 |
Hookworms | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | (0.1) | 0 | (0) | 1.000 |
Cyclospora | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.2) | 0.443 |
E. vermicularis | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | (0.1) | 0 | (0) | 1.000 |
S. mansoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | (0.1) | 0 | (0) | 1.000 |
Infected with any parasite | |||||||
Yes | 541 | (25.6) | 432 | (27.4) | 109 | (20.4) | Â |
No | 1571 | (74.4) | 1145 | (72.6) | 426 | (79.6) | 0.001* |
HIV Status2 | |||||||
Negative | 1598 | 84.1 | 1226 | (85.4) | 372 | (80.2) | 0.009* |
Positive | 302 | 15.9 | 210 | (14.6) | 92 | (19.8) | Â |