Questionnaire-based approach to assess schoolchildren's physical fitness and its potential role in exploring the putative impact of helminth and Plasmodium spp. infections in Côte d'Ivoire

Table 2 Helminth co-infections in the two samples analysed.

	Sample 1			Sample 2
Number of concurrent helminth infections	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Zero	13	5	18	11	4	15
One	35	20	55	27	16	43
Two	39	41	80	33	34	67
Three	9	4	13	7	4	11
Four	1	0	1	1	0	1

Parasitological data stem from a study carried out in Grand Moutcho school, Agboville, Côte d'Ivoire, in early 2010 [17]. Sample 1 with n = 167 observations (97 boys, 70 girls) includes all children with complete questionnaire, parasitological and clinical data. Sample 2 with n = 137 observations (79 boys, 58 girls) includes all children from sample 1 who had not only complete questionnaire, parasitological and clinical data, but also valid shuttle run test results (see also Figure 1).

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