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Table 3 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

 

Infants/children

Juveniles/adolescents

Adults

A. lumbricoides

Males

4.28−3.17 = 1.11

4.71−3.88 = 0.82

4.37−2.42 = 1.95

Females

5.80−2.92 = 2.88*

4.49−2.78 = 1.71

3.27−2.97 = 0.30

T. trichiura

Males

2.00−2.57 = −0.57

1.91−3.39 = −1.48*

1.29−0.22 = 1.07

Females

1.65−2.29 = −0.65

2.00−2.07 = −0.07

0.52−1.12 = −0.60

  1. Values represent the difference between CC and UV individuals (CC-UV), by age category (separated by sex) with a Bonferroni adjustment
  2. Comparisons are statistically significant at *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001