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Table 2 Comparison of prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection among SAM and well-nourished children (n = 620)

From: A comparative cross-sectional study of prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthic infection between healthy and severe acutely malnourished pre-school aged children in Kano, Northern Nigeria

Variable

Malnourished children (%)

Well-nourished children (%)

P-value

Total (%)

All helminths

 Absent

300 (96.8)

303 (97.7)

0.46*

603(97.3)

 Present

10 (3.2)

7 (2.3)

 

17 (2.7)

Roundworm

 Absent

304 (98.1)

304 (98.1)

1.00*

608 (98.1)

 Present

6 (1.9)

6 (1.9)

 

12 (1.9)

Hookworm

 Absent

307 (99.0)

309 (99.7)

0.62*

616 (99.4)

 Present

3 (1.0)

1 (0.3)

 

4 (0.7)

Whipworm

 Absent

309 (99.7)

310 (100.0)

1.00*

619 (99.8)

 Present

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

 

1 (0.2)

  1. *- Not statistically significant at P < 0.05, χ2- Chisquare, FE Fischer’s exact test