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Table 1 Baseline characteristics-comparing baseline infection groups

From: Ascaris co-infection does not alter malaria-induced anaemia in a cohort of Nigerian preschool children

Characteristic

Level

Infection group

p-value

  

No infection

Ascaris only

Malaria only

Co-infection

 
  

(N = 77)

(N = 72)

(N = 245)

(N = 296)

 

Age (months) Mean ± SD

 

34.0 ± 13.9

34.4 ± 11.6

33.4 ± 13.1

35.5 ± 12.9

0.332

Age (years)

1

26 (34.7%)

15 (21.7%)

64 (28.1%)

63 (22.5%)

0.078

 

2

15 (20.0%)

22 (31.9%)

71 (31.1%)

82 (29.3%)

 
 

3

16 (21.3%)

24 (34.8%)

48 (21.1%)

74 (26.4%)

 
 

4

18 (24.0%)

8 (11.6%)

39 (17.1%)

57 (20.4%)

 
 

5

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (2.6%)

4 (1.4%)

 

Sex

Male

38 (50.0%)

33 (45.8%)

123 (51.3%)

156 (52.7%)

0.767

 

Female

38 (50.0%)

39 (54.2%)

117 (48.7%)

140 (47.3%)

 

SES-Indexª Mean ± SD

 

13.1 ± 2.5

12.5 ± 2.1

12.1 ± 2.6

11.9 ± 2.4

0.003

Weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) Mean ± SD

 

−0.66 ± 0.91

−0.66 ± 0.94

−0.69 ± 0.88

−0.59 ± 0.87

0.636

Haemoglobin (g/dL) Mean ± SD

 

10.1 ± 1.4

10.1 ± 1.5

9.0 ± 1.5

9.3 ± 1.6

< 0.001

Anaemia

Normal Hb

22 (28.6%)

22 (30.6%)

20 (8.2%)

45 (15.2%)

< 0.001

 

Mild

24 (31.2%)

19 (26.4%)

48 (19.6%)

57 (19.3%)

 
 

Moderate

30 (39.0%)

30 (47.7%)

159 (64.9%)

173 (58.5%)

 
 

Severe

1 (1.3%)

1 (1.3%)

18 (7.4%)

21 (7.1%)

 
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