The number of helminth infections was positively and statistically associated with eosinophilia at >4 and >10% and
the presence of elevated total IgE, in a dose-dependent manner (Table 1). Table 2 shows that there was no statistically
significant association between helminth infections and the presence of sIgE but there was a statistically significant
inverse association with SPT positivity, which was stronger with increasing number of infections. Table 3 shows that the number of helminth infections was not significantly associated with asthma, irrespective of atopic status, although a non-significant trend of increased risk was observed for non-atopic asthma