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Table 5 Pairwise comparisons of the difference in average natural log transformed 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

CC, males

Infants/children

2.00

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

1.91

−0.09

–

Adults

1.29

−0.71

−0.62

CC, females

Infants/children

1.65

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

2.00

0.35

–

Adults

0.52

−1.12

−1.48*

UV, males

Infants/children

2.57

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

3.39

0.81

–

Adults

0.22

−2.35**

−3.17***

UV, females

Infants/children

2.29

–

–

Juveniles/adolescents

2.07

−0.22

–

Adults

1.12

−1.17

−0.95

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

ISSN: 1880-6805

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