Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni among a population-based sample of school-age children in Amhara region, Ethiopia

Table 4 Unadjusted rate ratio (RR) of expected eggs per gram accounting for survey design

	A. lumbricoides		T. trichiura		Hookworm		S. mansoni
	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
Age, year	0.96	0.93–0.99	1.03	0.96–1.12	1.07	1.03–1.10	0.99	0.95–1.03
Female	0.98	0.72–1.34	1.35	0.82–2.21	0.96	0.80–1.14	0.93	0.64–1.34
School attendance	1.24	0.87–1.78	1.36	0.84–2.21	0.87	0.70–1.07	0.67	0.40–1.13

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