Research Article
Malaria Parasitemia in Febrile Patients Mono- and Coinfected with Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Attending Sanja Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Variables | | Malaria-monoinfected patients
(%) | Malaria-STHs–coinfected patients
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Sex | Male | 32 (47.8) | 30 (44.8) | 62 (46.3) | | Female | 35 (52.2) | 37 (55.2) | 72 (53.7) |
| | Age (years) | <15 | 9 (13.4) | 12 (17.8) | 21 (15.7) | | 15-45 | 50 (74.6) | 48 (71.6) | 98 (73.1) | | >45 | 8 (11.9) | 7 (10.5) | 15 (11.2) |
| | Residence | Urban | 25 (37.3) | 17 (25.4) | 42 (31.3) | | Rural | 42 (62.7) | 50 (74.6) | 92 (68.7) |
| | Educational level | Unable to read and write | 39 (58.3) | 41 (61.2) | 80 (59.7) | | Primary school | 16 (23.9) | 16 (23.9) | 32 (23.9) | | High school and above | 12 (17.8) | 10 (14.9) | 22 (16.4) |
| | Occupation | Farmer | 36 (53.7) | 38 (56.7) | 74 (55.2) | | Merchant | 9 (13.4) | 7 (10.4) | 16 (11.9) | | Government employee | 6 (9) | 5 (7.5) | 11 (8.2) | | Others | 16 (23.9) | 15 (25.4) | 33 (24.6) |
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Note: STHs: soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Includes student, daily laborer, and housewife. |
