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%) |