Table 1 Prevalence (%) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the gastrointestinal helminths and protozoan species investigated in the present survey according to the gender, age group and commune of origin of the children population in Cubal, Angola, 2015. Variables showing statistically significant pairwise associations were identified with superscript (a to e) letters

351

21.4 (17.1–25.7)

37.9 (32.8–43.0)

2.9 (1.1–4.5)

25.6 (21.1–30.2)

149

22.2 (15.5–28.8)

43.0 (35.0–50.9)

3.4 (−4.2–10.9)

28.2 (21.0–35.4)

202

20.8 (15.2–26.4)

34.2 (27.6–40.7)

2.5 (0.3–4.6)

23.8 (17.9–29.6)

101

15.8 (8.7–23.0)

54.5 (44.7–64.2)^b**

4.0 (0.1–7.7)

20.8 (12.9–28.7)

180

23.3 (17.2–29.5)

33.3 (26.4–40.2)^b**

2.8 (0.4–5.2)

29.4 (22.8–36.1)

70

24.3 (14.2–34.3)

25.7 (15.7–36.0)

1.4 (−1.4–4.2)

22.9 (13.0–32.7)

142

28.9 (21.4–36.3)^a**

37.3 (29.4–45.3)

3.5 (0.5–6.5)

16.9 (10.7–23.1)^{c**, e*}

84

17.9 (9.7–26.1)

38.1 (27.7–48.5)

1.2 (−1.1–3.5)

39.3 (28.8–49.7)^{c**, d*}

49

10.2 (1.7–18.7)^a**

32.7 (19.5–45.8)

2.0 (−1.9–5.9)

20.4 (9.1–31.7)^d*

76

18.4 (9.7–27.1)

42.1 (31.0–53.2)

4.0 (−0.4–8.3)

30.3 (19.9–40.6)^e*