Haematological Profile and Intensity of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Ghanaian Children

Table 2

Factors associated with S. haematobium infection stratified by heavy and light infections.

Variable	S. haematobium infection		value
	Light	Heavy
	()	()
Age (years)	10.21 ± 2.08	10.50 ± 2.21	0.679
Gender
Male	14 (37.8)	9 (69.2)	0.106
Female	22 (59.5)	5 (38.5)
Age range (years)
<10	12 (32.4)	5 (38.5)	0.974
10–12	18 (48.6)	7 (53.8)
13–15	6 (16.2)	2 (15.4)
Water contact activity
Bathing	1 (5.4)	0 (0.0)	0.430
Swimming	24 (64.9)	10 (76.9)
Washing	3 (8.1)	3 (23.1)
Drinking	3 (8.1)	1 (7.7)
Fishing	5 (13.5)	0 (0.0)
Urinalysis
Hematuria	0 (0.0)	13 (23.1)	<0.0001
Cloudy	12 (32.4)	0 (0.0)
Clear	24 (64.8)	1 (7.7)
Haematological profile
WBC × 10^3/mm^3	7.48 ± 0.38	8.61 ± 0.72	0.138
RBC × 10^6/mm^3	4.25 ± 0.09	4.27 ± 0.13	0.902
HGB (g/dl)	10.24 ± 0.18	9.89 ± 0.17	0.224
HCT (%)	31.79 ± 0.59	32.69 ± 0.61	0.382
MCV (μm)	75.3 ± 1.23	77.33 ± 2.54	0.425
MCH (pg)	23.54 ± 0.51	24.18 ± 0.82	0.516
MCHC (g/dl)	31.21 ± 0.34	31.38 ± 0.37	0.774
PLT × 10^3/mm^3	264.25 ± 17.08	287.57 ± 23.70	0.458
RDW-CV (%)	11.84 ± 0.25	11.95 ± 0.41	0.835
White cell differentials
LYM (%)	50.12 ± 1.73	46.84 ± 1.51	0.269
MXD (%)	14.15 ± 1.83	11.78 ± 2.61	0.482
NEUT (%)	35.73 ± 2.08	41.38 ± 2.15	0.124

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation and %; = number of participants.