Table 3 Prevalence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Entamoeba coinfections according to sociodemographic characteristics.
From: The triple threat of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Entamoeba infections in Nigerian children
Variable | Coinfecting species | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cryptosporidium + Giardia | Cryptosporidium + Entamoeba | Giardia + Entamoeba | Cryptosporidium + Giardia + Entamoeba | |||||
n (%) | P | n (%) | P | n (%) | P | n (%) | P | |
Totala | 167 (17.1) | 28 (2.9) | 112 (11.5) | 27 (2.8) | ||||
Age (years) | ||||||||
5–10 | 122 (73.1%) | 0.09 | 20 (71.4%) | 0.40 | 94 (83.9%) | 0.11 | 19 (70.4%) | 0.33 |
< 5 | 45 (26.9%) | 8 (28.6%) | 18 (16.1%) | 8 (29.6%) | ||||
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 89 (53.3%) | 0.27 | 13 (46.4%) | 0.75 | 46 (41.1%) | 0.06 | 12 (44.4%) | 0.60 |
Male | 78 (46.7%) | 15 (53.6%) | 66 (58.9%) | 15 (55.6%) | ||||
Edu. level | ||||||||
Informal | 37 (22.2%) | 0.48 | 7 (25.0%) | 0.66 | 21 (18.8%) | 0.17 | 7 (25.9%) | 0.72 |
Primary | 38 (22.8%) | 5 (17.9%) | 26 (23.2%) | 5 (18.5%) | ||||
Secondary | 45 (26.9%) | 9 (32.1%) | 38 (33.9%) | 8 (29.7%) | ||||
Tertiary | 47 (28.1%) | 7 (25.0%) | 27 (24.1%) | 7 (25.9%) | ||||
Occupation | ||||||||
Artisanal | 13 (7.8%) | 0.00 | 4 (14.3%) | 0.20 | 19 (17.0%) | 0.05 | 3 (11.1%) | 0.17 |
C/Service | 34 (20.4%) | 2 (7.1%) | 12 (10.7%) | 2 (7.4%) | ||||
Farming | 35 (20.9%) | 5 (17.9%) | 24 (21.4%) | 5 (18.5%) | ||||
S. Employed | 8 (4.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
S. Worker | 1 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
Trading | 76 (45.5%) | 17 (60.7%) | 53 (47.3%) | 17 (63.0%) | ||||
SES | ||||||||
Low | 124 (74.3%) | 0.23 | 22 (78.5%) | 0.34 | 88 (78.6%) | 21 (77.8%) | 0.40 | |
Med | 43 (25.7%) | 6 (21.4%) | 24 (21.4%) | 6 (22.2%) | ||||
