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Table 1 Patient characteristics by patient type, ( inpatient or outpatient) , for children with diarrhoea aged 5 years and below, recruited to a study of intestinal parasites in urban poor, Nairobi, between January 2010 and December 2011

From: Intestinal parasitic infections in children presenting with diarrhoea in outpatient and inpatient settings in an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya

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)

 

Age group1

0 to 12 months

758

36.4

402

(26.0)

356

(66.5)

<0.001*

13 to 24 months

528

25.3

387

(25.0)

141

(26.4)

0.564

25 to 36 months

408

19.6

377

(24.4)

31

(5.8)

<0.001*

37 to 48 months

241

11.6

237

(15.3)

4

(0.7)

<0.001*

49 to 60 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)

 

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)

 
  1. KEY: *significant, missing values 1 = 29; 2 = 212.