Table 3 S. mansoni egg load by gender and age group
From: Co-infection of Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma mansoni is associated with anaemia
| Â | Light | Moderate | Heavy | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % (95%CI) | n | % (95%CI) | n | % (95%CI) | ||
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 33 | 76.7 (61.4–88.2) | 7 | 16.3 (6.8–30.7) | 3 | 7.0 (1.5–19.1) | 0.72 |
 Female | 27 | 69.2 (52.4–83.0) | 9 | 23.1 (11.1–39.3) | 3 | 7.7 (1.6–20.9) | |
Age group | |||||||
 5–8 years | 9 | 81.8 (48.2–97.7) | 1 | 9.1 (0.2–41.3) | 1 | 9.1 (0.2–41.3) | 0.664 |
 9–12 years | 34 | 73.9 (58.9–85.7) | 8 | 17.4 (7.8–31.4) | 4 | 8.7 (0.2–20.8) | |
 13–17 years | 17 | 68.0 (46.5–85.1) | 7 | 28.0 (12.1–49.4) | 1 | 4.0 (0.1–20.4) | |