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Table 2 Association between specific types of intestinal parasitosis and anemia among pregnant women from Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia, 2018

From: Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and its association with anemia among pregnant women in Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Type of helminth infection

Anemia

Prevalence of anemia (%)

Statistical test

(p-value)Ɨ

Yes

No

Any helminth infection

ā€ƒYes

75

60

55.6

<ā€‰ 0.001*

ā€ƒNo

35

179

16.4

Hookworm

ā€ƒYes

36

3

92.3

< 0.001*

ā€ƒNo

74

236

23.9

Giardia lamblia

ā€ƒYes

15

4

78.9

<ā€‰ 0.001*

ā€ƒNo

95

235

28.8

Schistosoma mansoni

ā€ƒYes

6

2

75.0

0.007*

ā€ƒNo

104

237

30.5

Ascaris lumbricoides

ā€ƒYes

35

52

40.2

0.043*

ā€ƒNo

75

187

28.6

Entamoeba histolytica

ā€ƒYes

6

6

50.0

0.205

ā€ƒNo

104

233

30.9

Trichuris trichiura

ā€ƒYes

5

5

50.0

0.298

ā€ƒNo

105

234

31.0

  1. Ɨ Chi-square test for the first 5 variables and fisher exact test for the last 2 variables
  2. * Statistically significant difference at p-value of 0.05