Research Article
The Effect of Deworming Using Triple-Dose Albendazole on Nutritional Status of Children in Perobatang Village, Southwest Sumba, Indonesia
Table 1
The prevalence of STH prior to deworming based on age and gender.
| Characteristics | Positive STH | 95% CI | Negative STH | 95% CI |
| Age | | | | | 1–5 years | 28 (31.8%) | 22.1%–41.5% | 3 (3.4%) | −0.4–7.2% | 6–15 years | 56 (63.6%) | 53.6%–73.7% | 1 (1.2%) | −1–3.5% | Total | 84 (95.4%) | 91%–99.8% | 4 (4.6%) | 0.2%–9% | Gender | | | | | Male | 46 (52.3%) | 41.9%–62.7% | 2 (2.3%) | −0.8%–5.4% | Female | 38 (43.1%) | 32.8%–53.5% | 2 (2.3%) | −0.8%–5.4% | Total | 84 (95.4%) | 91%–99.8% | 4 (4.6%) | 0.2%–9% |
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CI = confidence interval.
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