Asymptomatic Malaria and Helminths Coinfection and Its Association with Anemia among Primary School Children in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria and helminths coinfection among primary school children in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Type of helminths	Result	Asymptomatic malaria infection, N (%)		OR (95% CI)	value
		Positive	Negative
A. lumbricoides	Positive	18 (4.3)	59 (14.3)	1.6 (0.7–3.6)	0.2
	Negative	28 (6.7)	308 (74.6)
Hook worm	Positive	10 (2.5)	5 (1.2)	6 (1.04–34.54)	0.045
	Negative	36 (8.7)	362 (87.7)
Taenia spp.	Positive	1 (0.2)	0
	Negative	45 (10.9)	367 (88.9)