Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases and Schistosomiasis in Preschool Age Children in Mwea Division, Kirinyaga South District, Kirinyaga County, and Their Potential Effect on Physical Growth

Table 1

Summary of anthropometric descriptive statistics of the sampled study population.

	Mean	Confidence interval
Age in months
Male ( = 183)	46.30 ± 10.01	(44.85–47.75) 95% CI
Female ( = 179)	46.93 ± 9.36	(45.55–48.30) 95% CI
Total 361	46.62 ± 9.68	(45.62–47.62) 95% CI
Height in cm
Male ( = 183)	101.34 ± 6.43	(100.41–102.27) 95% CI
Female ( = 178)	102.23 ± 6.69	(101.24–103.21) 95% CI
Total: 361	101.78 ± 6.57	(101.10–102.45) 95% CI
Weight in kg
Male ( = 183)	14.80 ± 2.06	(14.50–15.10) 95% CI
Female ( = 178)	14.61 ± 2.11	(14.30–14.92) 95% CI
Total: 361	14.71 ± 2.08	(14.49–14.92) 95% CI

= total number of children.