Urogenital Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren and the Associated Risk Factors in Selected Rural Communities of Kwara State, Nigeria

Table 3

Egg counts of the S. haematobium in 10 ml of urine of the infected study populations.

Locations	Bacita (mean ± std.)	Ajase-Ipo (mean ± std.)	Shonga (mean ± std.)	Total (mean ± std.)
Age group
≤5	42.7 ± 16.21	64.5 ± 7.81	0.0 ± 0.0	56.9 ± 34.60
6–10	53.5 ± 13.50	50.3 ± 19.42	41.2 ± 10.11	68.5 ± 15.71
11–14	77.7 ± 39.73	61.9 ± 29.25	76.1 ± 55.19	73.8 ± 21.94
≥15	139.5 ± 85.64	309.3 ± 220.27	89.6 ± 345.93	147.4 ± 67.68
value	0.001	<0.001	0.091	0.008
Sex
Male	459.6 ± 43.70	265.4 ± 91.45	101.1 ± 34.81	325.7 ± 50.66
Female	212.3 ± 98.51	206.8 ± 23.76	45.8 ± 54.40	139.6 ± 88.73
value	<0.001	0.531	0.092	0.004