Intestinal Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors among School-Aged Children of Bamendjou Community, West Region of Cameroon

Table 4

The prevalence of helminth infection according to age group.

	Parasitic helminths
Age group (years)	Ascaris lumbricoides	Trichuris trichiura	Hookworm	Total
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
<05	8 (11.4)	2 (2.9)	4 (5.7)	14 (20.00)
06-10	7 (4.7)	4 (2.7)	3 (2)	13 (8.7)
11-20	12 (4.6)	10 (3.8)	7 (2.7)	26 (9.9)
>20	3 (30)	1 (10)	1 (10)	4 (40)
Total	30 (6.1)	17 (3.4)	15 (3)	57 (11.6)
	15.1	1.73	4.02	14.74
value	0.02	0.63	0.26	0.002