Research Article
Urogenital Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren and the Associated Risk Factors in Selected Rural Communities of Kwara State, Nigeria
Table 2
Infection pattern with respect to the age and sex of the study participants.
| | Locations | Bacita (%) | Ajase-Ipo (%) | Shonga (%) | Total (%) |
| | Age group | | ≤5 | 5/2 (40.0) | 6/2 (33.3) | 0/0 (0.0) | 11/4 (36.4) | | 6–10 | 85/44 (51.8) | 5/3 (60.0) | 28/9 (32.1) | 118/56 (47.5) | | 11–14 | 66/37 (56.1) | 125/79 (63.2) | 157/56 (35.6) | 348/172 (49.4) | | ≥15 | 49/23 (46.9) | 76/37 (48.7) | 122/50 (41.0) | 247/110 (44.5) | | value | 0.001 | 0.031 | 0.045 | 0.001 | | Sex | | Male | 111/67 (60.4) | 119/74 (62.2) | 185/70 (37.8) | 415/211 (50.8) | | Female | 94/39 (41.5) | 93/47 (50.5) | 122/45 (36.9) | 309/131 (42.4) | | value | 0.011 | 0.046 | 0.180 | 0.047 |
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