Intestinal Protozoal Parasites in Diarrheal Children and Associated Risk Factors at Yirgalem Hospital, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 3

Prevalence of G. lamblia, Cryptosporidium spp, and E. histolytica/dispar in case and control groups across age.

Parasites	Cases ()				Controls ()
	Age (in year)				Age (in year)
	≤4	5–9	10–13	Total	≤4	5–9	10–13	Total
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
G. lamblia	9 (50)	6 (33.33)	3 (16.67)	18 (15.65)	1 (25)	2 (50)	1 (25)	4 (3.47)
Cryptosporidium spp	7 (63.63)	4 (36.36)	0	11 (9.56)	0	1 (50)	1 (50)	2 (1.74)
E. hist/dispar	1 (20)	4 (80)	0	5 (4.35)	0	2 (100)	0	2 (1.74)
Total	17  (54.83)	14  (45.16)	3  (9.68)	31  (26.95)^*	1  (14.28)	5  (62.5)	2  (25)	8  (6.95)^*

Significance difference at .