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Table 4 Pairwise comparisons of the difference in average natural log transformed A. lumbricoides 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

CC, males

Infants/children

4.28

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

4.70

0.42

–

Adults

4.36

0.08

−0.34

CC, females

Infants/children

5.80

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

4.49

−1.31

–

Adults

3.27

−2.53*

−1.22

UV, males

Infants/children

3.17

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

3.90

0.71

–

Adults

2.42

−0.76

−1.46

UV, females

Infants/children

2.92

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

2.78

−0.14

–

Adults

2.97

0.05

0.19

  1. Values represent the difference for each age category by region type (separated by sex), 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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