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Table 2 Associations between intensity of infection and sex, age, and altitude, obtained using the chi-square test

From: Using the hierarchical ordinal regression model to analyse the intensity of urinary schistosomiasis infection in school children in Lusaka Province, Zambia

 

Intensity of infection (N and %)

 

No infection

Light infection

Moderate/heavy infection sex χ 2

(P-value)

Variables

Age

 6–9 years

953 (89.1)

93 (8.7)

23 (2.2)

4.1 (0.13)

 10–15 years

765 (91.7)

52 (6.2)

17 (2.0)

 

Sex

 Female

871 (91.3)

66 (6.9)

17 (1.8)

2.5 (0.29)

 Male

843 (89.2)

79 (8.4)

23 (2.4)

 

Altitude

 Plateau

570 (85.3)

67 (10.0)

31 (4.6)

42.7 (0.001)

 Valley

1 156 (93.0)

78 (6.3)

9 (0.7)

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