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Table 2 Post hoc pairwise comparisons of the difference in average natural log transformed A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura EPG values

From: Regional variation in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections by age cohort and sex: effects of market integration among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador

 

Raw mean values

Infants/children

Juveniles/adolescents

A. lumbricoides

Males

Infants/children

3.73

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

4.29

0.56

–

Adults

3.39

−0.34

−0.90

Females

Infants/children

4.36

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

3.63

−0.73

–

Adults

3.12

−1.24

−0.51

T. trichiura

Males

Infants/children

2.29

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

2.65

0.36

–

Adults

0.75

−1.53**

−1.89***

Females

Infants/children

1.97

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

2.04

0.068

–

Adults

0.82

−1.14*

−1.21**

  1. Values represent the difference between each age category (separated by sex with regions combined), with a Bonferroni adjustment
  2. The column listing age categories serves as the reference in each comparison
  3. Comparisons are statistically significant at *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology

ISSN: 1880-6805

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