Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Coinfection of Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis among Primary School Children in Biase, Southern Nigeria

Table 2

Prevalence of S. haematobium, STHs, haematuria, and proteinuria.

Categories ()	Number infected with S. haematobium (%)	Number infected with STHs (%)	Number with haematuria (%)	Number with proteinuria (%)
Communities
Abini (115)	22 (19.13)	12 (10.44)	24 (20.87)	26 (22.61)
Adim (105)	12 (11.43)	20 (19.05)	12 (11.43)	11 (10.48)
Akparavuni (100)	0 (0.00)	7 (7.00)	2 (2.00)	3 (3.00)
Akpet Central (110)	2 (1.82)	5 (4.55)	1 (0.91)	7 (6.36)
Betem (110)	0 (0.00)	18 (16.36)	3 (2.73)	3 (2.73)
Ibogo (90)	2 (2.22)	9 (10.00)	3 (3.33)	3 (3.33)
Total (630)	38 (6.03)	71 (11.27)	45 (7.14)	53 (8.41)
	59.437	16.229	51.213	42.689
Df	5	5	5	5
value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
C.I.	-2.998–15.665	5.487–18.179	-1.951–16.951	-0.610–19.276
Age (years)
5–7 (69)	3 (4.40)	3 (4.35)	5 (7.25)	6 (8.70)
8–10 (321)	13 (4.10)	24 (7.48)	13 (4.05)	22 (6.85)
11–13 (217)	21 (9.68)	39 (17.97)	26 (11.98)	24 (11.06)
14–16 (23)	1 (4.35)	5 (21.74)	1 (4.35)	1 (4.35)
Total (630)	38 (6.03)	71 (11.27)	45 (7.14)	53 (8.41)
	7.773	20.195	19.178	16.279
Df	3	3	3	3
value	0.051	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
C.I.	-5.285–24.285	-9.359–44.859	-6.296–28.796	-5.003–31.503
Sex
Male (300)	27 (9.00)	34 (11.33)	30 (10.0)	34 (11.33)
Female (330)	11 (3.33)	37 (11.21)	15 (4.55)	19 (5.76)
Total (630)	38 (6.03)	71 (11.27)	45 (7.14)	53 (8.41)
	8.903	0.002	7.049	6.341
Df	1	1	1	1
value	0.003	0.962	0.008	0.012
C.I.	-82.650–120.650	-16.441–54.559	-72.797–117.797	-68.797–121.797

: number examined. Significant at .