Table 1 Magnitude of intestinal helminths a in malaria patients and malaria free apparently healthy controls (numbers given in brackets percentages)
From: Helminths and malaria co-infections are associated with elevated serum IgE
Type of helminths | Malaria | No malaria | Total | OR | Pā |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ā | (Nā=ā197) | (Nā=ā216) | (Nā=ā413) | (95%CI)# | Ā |
T. trichiura | 119 (63.6) | 98 (58.0) | 217 (61.0) | 1.361 (1.119, 1.655) | 0.002 |
A. lumbricoides | 98 (52.4) | 98 (58.0) | 196 (55.1) | 1.147 (0.780, 1.687) | 1.147 |
S. mansoni | 52 (27.8) | 43 (25.4) | 95 (26.7) | 1.137 (0.976, 1.326) | 1.137 |
Hookworm | 23 (12.3) | 19 (11.2) | 42 (11.8) | 1.086 (0.926, 1.275) | 1.086 |