Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among Diarrheal Patients Attending Negelle Borena General Hospital: A Case-Control Study

Table 4

Prevalence of intestinal protozoal parasites based on sex among diarrheal patients (cases and controls) visiting Negelle Borena General Hospital.

S. N	Parasitic infection	Cases ()		p-value	Controls ()		p-value
		Female () n (%)	Males () n (%)		Female () n (%)	Male () n (%)
1	A. lumbricoides	4 (4.3)	3 (3.0)	0.630	2 (1.8)	0 (0.00)	0.258
2	E. histolytica/dispar	9 (9.9)	3 (3.0)	0.049^a	3 (2.7)	1 (1.2)	0.469
3	G. lamblia	14 (15.2)	4 (4.0)	0.007^a	5 (4.5)	2 (2.4)	0.439
4	S. mansoni	2 (2.2)	4 (4.0)	0.474	4 (3.6)	5 (6.1)	0.417
5	H. worm	4 (4.3)	5 (5.0)	0.818	3 (2.7)	3 (3.7)	0.693
6	Tenia spp.	1 (1.1)	2 (2.0)	0.616	1 (0.9)	3 (3.7)	0.180
7	Cryptosporidium spp.	2 (2.2)	2 (2.0)	0.990	1 (0.9)	1 (1.2)	8.837
8	S. stercolaris	1 (1.1)	3 (3.0)	0.357	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.990
9	T. trichiura	1 (1.1)	2 (2.0)	0.616	2 (1.8)	3 (3.7)	0.414
10	H. nana	3 (3.3)	5 (5.0)	0.556	4 (3.6)	2 (2.4)	0.634
11	E. hist/dispar. and G. lamblia	8 (8.7)	1 (1.0)	0.011^a	3 (2.7)	1 (1.2)	0.645
12	Cryptosporidium spp. and G. lamblia	1 (1.1)	2 (2.0)	0.616	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	0.252
13	E. hist./dispar and A. lumbricoides	2 (2.2)	1 (1.0)	0.504	2 (1.8)	1 (1.2)	0.738
Total		52 (56.5)	37 (37.0)	0.006	31 (28.2)	22 (26.8)	0.938

^aStatistically significant ().