Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics - comparing individuals who did not fully comply and individuals who were analysed and individuals in the treatment and placebo groups |
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Individuals who did not comply (N = 908) |
Analysed individuals (N = 320) |
P-value |
Treatment Group (N = 158) |
Placebo Group (N = 162) |
P-value |
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Characteristic |
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Age (years) |
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1 |
314 (34.6%) |
108 (33.8%) |
0.137a |
59 (37.3%) |
49 (30.2%) |
0.085a |
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2 |
202 (22.2%) |
86 (26.9%) |
38 (24.1%) |
48 (29.6%) |
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3 |
204 (22.5%) |
76 (23.8%) |
31 (19.6%) |
45 (27.8%) |
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4 |
188 (20.7%) |
50 (15.6%) |
30 (19%) |
20 (12.3%) |
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Sex |
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Male |
475 (52.3%) |
159 (49.7) |
0.419a |
85 (53.8%) |
74 (45.7%) |
0.146a |
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Female |
433 (47.7%) |
161 (50.3) |
73 (46.2%) |
88 (54.3%) |
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Village |
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Akinlalu |
112 (12.3%) |
73 (22.8%) |
< 0.001a |
33 (20.9%) |
40 (24.7%) |
0.708a |
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Ipetumodu |
407 (44.8%) |
128 (40%) |
65 (41.1%) |
63 (38.9%) |
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Moro |
170 (18.7%) |
49 (15.3%) |
27 (17.1%) |
22 (13.6%) |
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Edun-abon |
219 (24.1%) |
70 (21.9%) |
33 (20.9%) |
37 (22.8%) |
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Socio-economic status index |
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Mean ± SE |
6.52 ± 0.11 |
6.29 ± 0.06 |
0.058b |
6.49 ± 0.15 |
6.56 ± 0.16 |
0.757b |
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Parasitic infections |
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Plasmodium spp.f |
- |
- |
71 (44.9%) |
54 (33.3%) |
0.033a |
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Mean parasitaemiaf |
- |
- |
2319 ± 511 |
1471 ± 341 |
0.025b |
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Ascaris lumbricoides |
439 (48.3%) |
146 (45.6%) |
0.402a |
73 (46.2%) |
73 (45.1%) |
0.838a |
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Mean epg ± SE |
1080 ± 167 |
1075 ± 88 |
0.500e |
1146 ± 283 |
1016 ± 183 |
0.926b |
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Trichuris trichiura b |
36 (4%) |
10 (3.1%) |
0.496a |
4 (2.5%) |
6 (3.7%) |
0.750d |
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Hookwormb |
40 (4.4%) |
13 (4.1%) |
0.795a |
4 (2.5%) |
9 (5.6%) |
0.171a |
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Schistosoma haematobium b |
11 (1.2%) |
3 (0.9%) |
1a |
0 (0%) |
3 (1.9%) |
0.248d |
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Clinical indicator |
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Malaria attacksf |
- |
- |
4 (2.5%) |
4 (2.5%) |
1d |
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Haemoglobin (g/dl; mean ± S.E.) |
9.75 ± 0.05 |
9.69 ± 0.09 |
0.542b |
9.54 ± 0.12 |
9.88 ± 0.11 |
0.039b |
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Weight (kg; mean ± S.E.) |
11.98 ± 0.09 |
11.56 ± 0.14 |
0.019b |
11.48 ± 0.20 |
11.64 ± 0.21 |
0.576b |
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Height (cm; mean ± S.E.) |
88.01 ± 0.35 |
86.61 ± 0.51 |
0.064e |
85.64 ± 0.87 |
87.02 ± 0.72 |
0.221b |
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a χ2 test b t-test c Mean epg not given as the number of eggs detected was very low d Fisher's exact test e Mann Whitney U f Data on malaria was only available for those individuals who were analysed |
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Kirwan et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010 10:277 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-277 |
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