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Table 3 Number of parasitized and non-parasitized children per school

From: Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infection in Mexican school children: genotyping and phylogenetic relationship

School

Microscopic examination of stool samples

OR

IC 95 %

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Total

Sofía Vázqueza

29 (23.2)

96 (76.8)

125

1

--

Lázaro Cárdenasb

13 (28.9)

32 (71.1)

45

1.34

(0.58–3.09)

Emiliano Zapatac

30 (21.6)

109 (78.4)

139

0.91

(0.49–1.69)

Total

72

237

309

 
  1. aGood hygiene index
  2. bRegular hygiene index
  3. cBad hygiene index
  4. Chi2-with lineal trend = 0.11 p = 0.74